Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662) a programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach

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Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is, but let us consider the two possibilities. If you gain, you gain all if you lose you lose nothing. Hesitate not, then, to wager that He is.

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