Blaise Pascal, a mathematician, physicist and religious philosophy was born on June 19, 1623. In childhood, he has seen a tremendous talent. At the age of 16 years, he has written important works on geometry, as well as modern economics and social science. Further work saintifiknya Pascal left and explore the field of philosophy and theology.
Who would have thought that this legendary background and less reassure birth. Mr. mathematics is born of parents who are irresponsible. Can be regarded as illegitimate. But it starts from the past which is a little blurry figure that he became famous and unforgettable. One of the famous words were, "I was an illegitimate child, but in a thousand years to come, scientists will be my children are legitimate."
Blaise Pascal was the son of Etienne Pascal, a scientist and mathematician who was born in Clermont. Pascal's mother, Antoinette Bigure, died when Pascal was 4 years old, shortly after giving birth to Jacqueline, brother Pascal. Pascal did not undergo formal school life. He only taught by her father and occasionally by private teachers. Etienne, Pascal's mother has his own views in the world of education. This is what should be emulated by the parents to make the baby be a figure superior to face the challenges of its time. Etienne holds the principle of "Do not force children to digest the science above his ability."
Etienne has its own stages in teaching Pascal. First he taught the natural sciences followed by mastery of the language. This education begins at age Pascal to-12 years. Pascal also taught mathematics, the plan will be taught after the age of 16 years. However, Pascal's curiosity turns out the alleged father. He is interested in learning geometry by studying his own until his father gave up and gave a friend a gift Pascal Eteinne small book of Euclid's Elements. Barriers come When Pascal was 15 years old, his father was involved conspiracy against the government in terms of tax payments. Etienne and his sekongkolnya against the Church to the people who collect taxes. Several members of the "conspiracy" was arrested and others fled. Etienne decided to escape by leaving all of his children in Paris.
However, for services that Jacqueline had persuaded Cardinal Richelieu to forgive his father, Etienne then subsequently called back to Paris and eventually assigned a tax collector in the region of Normandy. To help his father calculate tax revenue, then the small Pascal created a calculating machine called the Pascaline. Truly remarkable, at the age of 18, he was able to create a calculating machine capable of performing the operation added, less, multiplication and division, also plans to calculate the roots of numbers. Pascal put a patent on the discovery engine. At age 14 he joined as a member of the group discussion. Diusianya that to-16 years, he found the Pascal theorem. At age 17, he uses this theorem to describe more than 400 prepositions on a book about the cone. This theorem became one of the fundamental theorem of projective geometry. Pascal's works such as On the Conversion of the Sinner, Abridgement of the Life of Christ, On the Geometrical Mind and others.
At the time of Pascal reaches 23 years of age, his father slipped on the snow and broke her thigh bone. These events changed the course of life Pascal. To treat broken bones, then invited a group of Jansenist Pascal family, which refers kapada Catholic sect that hates the Jesuit order. In this healing process, they take medication regularly, so inevitably they stay at home Pascal. For months, Pascal lived in the house, they indirectly influence the thinking of Pascal family. Thus, all members of the Pascal family to be anti-Jesuit. However, this new religion does not fit with the personality of Pascal. Bishop Jansen, the inventor of these religions state that science is a sin, because it's human curiosity about the universe should be avoided. But Pascal's interest to science is greater than religion.