Pascal

Another significant branch of mathematics that Pascal worked on during the 17th century was Probability. Probability deals with the odds of observing one of the several outcomes that can occur in an event. In Probability, an event is a single happening-sometimes called a trial- and an outcome is one of the possible results. For friends who gambled, he calculated the chance of loss or gain which led him to his probability theory. Pascal also came …

…came over Pascal. He surrendered his life to Jesus Christ. At the age of 39, Pascal was in intense pain after a malignant growth in his stomach, which eventually spread to his brain. He no longer could bare the pain, and died suddenly on the night of August 19, 1622. Pascal's discoveries and experiments still help people today in their every day lives. He was an outstanding mathematician and physicist, who have left a significant impact in history.