The last calculating machine designed by Blaise Pascal in private hands is heading to Christie's Paris this November.

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 ...

For the first time in history, a machine replaces the human brain. Up for auction at Christie's on November 19th in Paris.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Christie's will sell an example of the first calculating machine in history, developed by Blaise Pascal in 1642, at an upcoming auction in Paris.

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 ...