Blaise Pascal Research Paper

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Blaise Pascal was born in the city of Clermont-Ferrand France, on June 19 1623. To the Pascal family, his parents were Etienne Pascal and Antoinette Begon. He had two other siblings from which he was the only boy, His older sister Gilberte, and the younger Jacqueline. He lost his mother at a very young age when he was only three years old. The Pascal family lived in Clermont for a couple of years and then moved to Paris, where Blaise was to begin his education. Etienne Pascal was a very well known mathematician, which made him decide a different path for his only son. Etienne directed his son to study languages, but the prohibited topic, intensified Blaise's curiosity. At the age of 12 Blaise started to study geometry on his own, and by that time he convinced his father to lend him a copy of Euclid. As stated by "The Galileo Project" Blaise did not received any type of formal education. The only education he received was at home were his Etienne became his instructor. Blaise suffered of a very poor health, for which his father did not wanted him to be overworked at school, and decide...

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