
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker about God
D. Adamson(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 19. December 1994
Book
Hardback
XII, 297 pages
978-0-333-55036-6 (ISBN)
Description
This chronological survey explores Pascal's (162362) achievement as mathematician, physicist and religious thinker; it also has a chapter on his life. His work on conic sections, the probability calculus, number theory, cycloid curves and hydrostatics is considered in detail. Analyses of the Provincial Letters and the Thoughts bring out the many distinctive features, thematicnn and technical, of each text. Pascal's lesser known works are also studied. There is a chapter on the Wager argument. A wide-ranging bibliography completes the book.
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Edition
1995 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XII, 297 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
553 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-55036-6 (9780333550366)
DOI
10.1057/9780230377028
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E-Book
12/1994
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
DONALD ADAMSON
Content
Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Foundations - Jansenism - A 'God-Intoxicated Man' - The Provincial Letters - The Christian Life - Human Nature - The Wager - The Scriptures - Pascal, 'Devout Geometrician' - Conclusion - Select Bibliography - Index