Blaise Pascal

mathematician · inventor · science · philosophy

Math wizard. Pascal created a calculating machine called the Pascaline that could do addition and subtraction automatically, making math homework easier for people in the 1600s.

Air pressure pioneer. He figured out that air has weight and pushes down on everything around us, which helped scientists understand how the world really works.

Triangle of numbers. Pascal's Triangle is a special pattern of numbers that helps solve all sorts of math problems, and people still use it today in schools everywhere.

Thinking about faith. Pascal believed that faith and reason could work together, and he wrote famous thoughts about why believing in God makes sense even when we can't prove it.

Probability starter. He helped invent the math of probability by figuring out the odds in games with dice and cards, which later became super important for science.