(The Conversation) — Blaise Pascal, a mathematician and a Catholic theologian, born 400 years ago, left a deep and lasting influence on the world that can be felt today. In fact, Pascal’s influence in ...

Pope Francis published an apostolic letter on Monday praising the 17th-century mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal as “a tireless seeker of truth.” Pascal (1623-1662) was a French scientist ...

On the 400th anniversary of the birth of Blaise Pascal, the Vatican Library displayed first editions of some of his most famous works. Pope Francis published an apostolic letter earlier this week ...

In 1654, the French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal explained the logic of believing in God, expressed as a wager ...

There is a famous phrase from Blaise Pascal’s Pensées that often gets taken out of context and used to promote sentimentalism and the supremacy of the emotions, but Pascal’s original point is one of ...

On Aug. 19, 1662, French philosopher, mathematician and apologist Blaise Pascal died at just 39 years old. Pascal, despite his shortened life, is renowned for pioneering work in geometry, physics and ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about the Pascaline -- a 17th-century invention credited as the first mechanical calculator.

After his return to Catholicism, Blaise Pascal proposed a famous wager in his masterwork Pensées (Thoughts), taking a mere paragraph to do it. Since the existence of God cannot be proven, Pascal took ...

Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which ...