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1972 .. Roberto Rossellini's "Blaise Pascal* (1623-1662) .. a brilliant but short life .. during which he influenced the Scientific Revolution and European thought ..

*Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, theologian, child prodigy .. Pascal worked on for example, conic sections, projective geometry, probability, and hydrostatics ..
Famous Blaise Pascal inventions: https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/famous-blaise-pascal-inventions.htm
Pascal’s Pensées: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm
Blaise Pascal, A Biography: https://archive.org/details/blaisepascal00newy/page/n5/mode/2up
Blaise Pascal’s Philosophy: https://philosophiesoflife.org/blaise-pascals-philosophy/

Pascal was educated by his father Étienne Pascal, a tax collector .. His significant accomplishments included one of the first calculating machines, the world’s first public transport system and various mathematical models .. His mother had died when he was just three .. "400 years ago, philosopher Blaise Pascal was one of the first to grapple with the role of faith in an age of science and reason": https:// theconversation.com/400-years-ago-philosopher-blaise-pascal-was-one-of-the-first-to-grapple-with-the-role-of-faith-in-an-age-of-science-and-reason-199659

Imagine if he’d lived into old age .. 🤦‍♀️

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