This day in history: 19 June 1623: Blaise Pascal, the French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist was born on this day. Despite chronic illnesses that bogged him all his life, he produced a prodigious amount of output, noting privately that he was embarrassed by his talents. A few of his accomplishments were Pascal's Triangle, Pascal …
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