Blaise Pascal

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“If God does not exist, one will lose nothing by believing in him, while if He does exist, one will lose everything by not believing.”

-Pascal

Why Pascal?

Mathematician

Philosopher

Religious Figure

The Life of Blaise Pascal

Born on June 16th, 1623

in Clermont, France

The love of math is set into motion.

At age 13 Pascal found his love for mathematics.

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Pascal’s Wager

Pascal’s Triangle

Hydraulic Press

Barometer

Vacuum and Pressure

The Pascaline

The calculator

Contributions to Math and Science

• 1653-1654 he wrote– Three books where Pascal laid down the principles

of differential and integral calculus– He founded the modern theory

of probability.– He started his scientific career in

Normandy, which resulted in the barometer and vacuum and pressure.

Pascal’s Triangle

A geometric arrangement of binomial coefficients in a

triangular shape.

Pascal’s Faith• His mathematics applied to

faith

• His work with probability produced what has become known as Pascal’s wager

Blaise Pascal died on August 19, 1662

Probability-Problem Centered Task

• The 46th Super Bowl is here and the two teams are the Colts and the Steelers. The captain of the Colts has the difficult decision of choosing heads or tails for his team. Your job as a team consultant is to guide him to the right decision.

Facilitating Questions

• Out of the 45 super bowls that have taken place what was the probability that the team will flip heads? For next years super bowl what is the probability that the team will flip heads?

• Math-• Science- Genetics combinations and the

probability of genotypic and phenotypic outcomes

“You always admire what you really don't understand.”

-Blaise Pascal