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121Pascal, Blaise — born June 19, 1623, Clermont Ferrand, France died Aug. 19, 1662, Paris French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. The son of a mathematician, he was a child prodigy, earning the envy of René Descartes with an essay he wrote on… …
122Science and mathematics from the Renaissance to Descartes — George Molland Early in the nineteenth century John Playfair wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica a long article entitled ‘Dissertation; exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematics and Physical Science, since the Revival of Letters …
123Analytic geometry — Cartesian coordinates. Analytic geometry, or analytical geometry has two different meanings in mathematics. The modern and advanced meaning refers to the geometry of analytic varieties. This article focuses on the classical and elementary meaning …
124Blaise Pascal — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 17th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Blaise Pascal name = Blaise Pascal birth = birth date|1623|6|19|mf=y death = death date and age|1662|8|19|1623|6|19|mf=y school… …
125Catenary — This article is about the mathematical curve. For other uses, see Catenary (disambiguation). Chainette redirects here. For the wine grape also known as Chainette, see Cinsaut. A hanging chain forms a catenary …
126Mathesis universalis — (Greek matheseôs science or learning, Latin universalis universal) is a hypothetical universal science modeled on mathematics envisaged by Leibniz and Descartes, among a number of more minor 16th and 17th century philosophers and mathematicians.… …
127André Tacquet — (Antwerp June 23, 1612 ndash;December 22, Antwerp 1660) was a Flemish mathematician. His work prepared ground for the eventual discovery of the calculus.He was born in Antwerp, and entered the Jesuit Order in 1629. From 1631 to 1635, he studied… …
128Natura non facit saltus — Natura non facit saltum Natura non facit saltum (Latin for nature does not make jumps ) has been a principle of natural philosophy since at least Aristotle s time.[1] It appears as an axiom in the works of Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays, IV, 16)… …
