Blaise Pascal Miracles and Reason |
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| Author:
| Caws, Mary Ann |
| Preface by:
| Conley, Tom |
| Series title: | Renaissance Lives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78023-721-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2017 |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $22.50 |
Book Description:
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This book, which includes a preface by Tom Conley, covers many aspects of Blaise Pascal's life and work that are seldom found side by side: his religious motivations and his belief in miracles, his scientific passions, his practical savvy and the aphorisms of the Pensées , so influential worldwide. This is a valuable account of a fascinating figure of the early modern period, and will interest a wide audience for the history of mathematics, philosophy, religion and science.
This book, which includes a preface by Tom Conley, covers many aspects of Blaise Pascal's life and work that are seldom found side by side: his religious motivations and his belief in miracles, his scientific passions, his practical savvy and the aphorisms of the Pensées , so influential worldwide. This is a valuable account of a fascinating figure of the early modern period, and will interest a wide audience for the history of mathematics, philosophy, religion and science.