Articles for tag: Blaise Pascal, Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Three Personality Traits: How to Get Anything You Want

President Theodore Roosevelt once said, ” A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.” I believe that President Roosevelt made this statement because the Bible teaches you about character. Often, character can take you where you want to go in life more so than anything else. There are three personality ...

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Blaise Pascal’s Contributions to Math

Blaise Pascal was born on the 19th of June 1623, in Clermont and died August 19th, 1662, in Paris. Pascal was French a mathematician and physicist, philosopher, theologian and moralist. Pascal was precocious as a child, he was educated by his father. The earliest works of Pascal were in the natural and applied sciences. He ...

A Brief Philosophy of Friends and Friendship

Too much analysis of friendship can only leave one without much trust for the friends they have. Once we begin to question who our friends are, what their intentions are and why they are our friends, the mind is filled with doubt and suspicion. Though, let’s do it anyway. While it may be in our ...

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A Timeline of Roulette History

Origins of Roulette History The tale of roulette history begins in France in 1655. The man responsible for the creation of the roulette wheel is famed mathematician Blaise Pascal. He made numerous contributions to mathematics, and is still one of history’s most revered mathematical figures. Pascal’s triangle is still taught in high schools around the ...

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Pascal’s Triangle and the Theory of Probability

Probability affects almost everything we do. Probability is the effect or outcome of an event. In real life probability can be the difference from you winning the lottery to buying a defective item at the grocery store. Pascal’s triangle, which was created by Blaise Pascal, can be used to predict probability. Pascal’s triangle is named ...

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History of Blaise Pascal

The French mathematician and physicist, Blaise Pascal was born in Clermont -Ferrand in central France on June 19th, 1623. In 1621 his mother passed away and he and his two sisters Gilberte and Etienne, and their father were forced to move to France in 1631. Blaise did not attend and University, he was schooled by ...

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Definition and History of the Computer System

DEFINITION, HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM A computer system is a connection of electro-mechanical devices that link together forming a system in order to perform automatic electronic data processing (EDP) using software. It can manipulate and store data for the user’s retrieval . It has the capacity to manipulate data to meaningful information . This ...

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A Summary and Critique of Pascal’s Wager

One of the most popular-in part because it’s one of the easiest to understand-arguments in favor of the existence of God is known as “Pascal’s Wager,” named after the 17th century French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal who formulated one version of this argument. Anyone who has ever taken an Introduction to Philosophy class is ...