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【「人間は考える葦である」｜圧力の定量化】-11/4改訂

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 Blaise Pascal ,Born in France, is a physicist, mathematician and philosopher. Until around the 17th century, scholars involved in the natural sciences tended to be undivided, which is a part that makes us feel the times.

And above all, when it comes to Pascal, the remaining word, “human beings are reeds to think about,” comes to mind first. He was the one who established the way of thinking, which gives an impression close to that of an ancient Greek Philosopher. I don’t really feel the “scientific side” of human history up to the Middle Ages.

There is a functional beauty that arises from the accumulation of experience and culture, but I think the approach from experience, including the materials, was the main part of Way Of Tinking. Of course, the stagnation of thought seems to be a topic that has been discussed in many places. Returning to the story, Pascal was the one who kept thinking. His collection of Pascal’s manuscripts, Pensées, is famous. He thinks about things comprehensively.

After his death,

what he learned from his relics was that he also considered “God” as an Object  Of Thought, repeated various thoughts, considered probability theory and priorities, and used various proof methods. ..

As a practically straightforward example, he seems to have proved in his childhood that mathematically, when considering the sum of the angles of a triangle, the total is 180 degrees. He only draws one auxiliary line, but how happy he was when he came up with it. He must have been impressed.

Pascal’s works

In terms of physics, Pascal’s principle regarding pressure is famous, and since then, it has been widely used in hydraulic equipment. Pascal also has an aspect as a businessman, and realizes the Bus System that we call today in the form of a shared taxi.

Pascal has also been making mechanical calculators since his childhood. It seems that his purpose was to reduce the work of his father, his tax collector. It’s a little heartwarming anecdote. Also, it seems that Pascal’s face was drawn on 500 francs in France long ago. And Pascal died at the age of 39.

Above all, he established the concept of pressure in relation to area, and I think he has made great achievements in establishing it as the basis for later quantitative discussions. Today, Pascal has left its name as a unit of pressure.
He is a great man in France.