Early Life
This country was where Blaise Pascal was born in 1623.
What is France?
Pascal was educated through this.
What is homeschooling(his father)?
Pascal made foundational contributions to this field, which studies chance and outcomes.
What is probability?
After studying mathematics for many years, Blaise Pascal transitioned his focus to these.
What is religion and philosophy?
Pascal’s father moved the family to this city, known for its intellectual community, to oversee his children’s education.
What is Paris?
At the age of 12, Pascal independently discovered this branch of mathematics, despite being kept away from it by his father.
What is geometry?
He developed this triangle, used in binomial expansions and probability theory.
What is Pascal’s Triangle?
The turning point resulting in Pascal deciding to switch his studies to religion and philosophy.
What is the ''Night of Fire''(his profound religious experience in 1654)
Pascal's father, Étienne, had this profession, which influenced Blaise’s early interest in mathematics.
What is a tax collector and amateur mathematician?
The subjects Pascal excelled in either than Mathematics (Hint: 2 subjects specifically).
Physics and philosophy.
His first mathematical paper he wrote about Conic sections is based off a theorem now called this.
Pascal died in 1662 at this age.
What is 39?
The age at which Pascal's mother passed away, his family moved to Paris, and where his studies first began.
What is 3?
Reason for why Pascal's father didn't include Mathematics in his curriculum.
What is being distracted from other subjects?
The person Blaise Pascal collaborated with to develop the theory of probability through a gambling problem.
Who is Pierre de Fermat?
Pascal's famous collection of notes and reflections defending the Christian faith, left unfinished at his death.
What are the Pensées?
He invented this early mechanical calculator in the 1640s to help his father with tax calculations.
What is the Pascaline?
The age at which Pascal wrote his first mathematical paper, an "Essay on Conic Sections''.
What is 16?
Pascal explored the cycloid curve and used it to contribute to this branch of mathematics, later formalized by Newton and Leibniz.
What is integral calculus?
Pascal’s health deteriorated throughout his life due to recurring illnesses, possibly from this condition, which plagued him since childhood.
What is tuberculosis (or a neurological disorder)?