BLAISE PASCAL Blaise Pascal was born in France in 1623. He was the third child and only son of Etienne Pascal. His mother died when he was a baby, so Blaise was raised and educated at home by his father. His father decided that he did not want Blaise to study mathematics before he turned 15 and got rid of all of the math books in their house. However, Blaise was very interested in mathematics and started …showed first 75 words of 461 total…

…showed last 75 words of 461 total…he nearly lost his life in an accident. He spent most of his time at a monastery and wrote some of his most famous works in philosophy. One of his works combines religion with probability and math and he believed that everyone gambled with life and faith. Blaise Pascal died when he was 39 from a cancer that went from his stomach to his brain. He was known as a famous mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and writer.