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Chapter 3: Forces and Pressure: Biography of Pascal by Adrian Jonathan Louis is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. As a child he made important discoveries in geometry and invented one of the first mechanical calculators. As an adult, he conducted experiments that proved the existence of vacuum and atmospheric pressure decreases with height. He published influential works on pressure, hydrostatics, and probability. Throughout his life he also had a strong interest in Christianity and authored religious essays before his early death at age 39.

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Adrian Jonathan Louis

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