Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker about God (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333550366)

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.

Author: D. Adamson
ISBN-10: 0333550366
ISBN-13: 9780333550366
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/19/1994
Pages: 297
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d