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To: RightWingAtheist
Pascal came up with Pressure equation P= F/A and the universal unit for pressure is Pascal. He is one of the greatest physicists of all times.
290 posted on 11/24/2005 11:37:29 AM PST by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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To: jveritas

Mersenne should not be overlooked.


292 posted on 11/24/2005 11:40:22 AM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: jveritas

I won't argue that Pascal was a great scientist, certainly in the top ten or even five greatest mathematicians of all time. But his direct contributions to physics were limited to the study of atmospheric pressure, and his most important contribution to physics, his enunciation of the laws of probability, was indirect, a consequence of his work in pure mathematics.


300 posted on 11/24/2005 11:53:53 AM PST by RightWingAtheist (Free the Crevo Three!)
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