Birth of Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal is born in Clermont-Ferrand to Etienne Pascal and Antoinette Begon.
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1623 in France
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Historical records for France in 1623
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Descartes Pursues Independent Mathematics
With personal resources supporting his travels Descartes concentrated on mathematical and philosophical problems. The freedom to work outside a university shaped his unusually private research habits.
Quaestiones Celeberrimae in Genesim
Mersenne publishes a large apologetic work engaging theology, philosophy and contemporary natural knowledge.
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