1. Blaise Pascal June 19, 1623- August 19, 1662 6/30/2011 Jordan Williams

2. Pascal’s Biography Born on June 19,1623 in France The oldest of three children consisting of himself and two sisters A French religious philosopher and mathematician Main religion is Roman Catholic Mother, Antoinette,diedwhen he was three Father, Étienne, didn’t like how schooling taught his children, so he taught them himself

3. Biography (continued) At age fourteen, he attended weekly lectures in mathematics In 1640, at the age of sixteen, he wrote his first book Essay On Conics While still a teenager, he invented the first arithmetic machine to do calculations,which could add and subtract. Never had any children The programming language "Pascal" is named after him Died on August 19,1662 in Paris due to Tuberculosis Remainsat St. Etienne-du-Mont, Paris, France

4. Pascal’s Works 1638-1640- Provincial Letters 1639- Geometry of Conics published in 1779 1658- Cycloid 1660- Pensees

5. Citations www.thocp.net/biographies/pascal_blaise.html http://www.nndb.com/people/976/000024904/ http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ni-Pe/Pascal-Blaise.html http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v20/i1/scientist.asp