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1623 CE - 1662 CE: Life of the scientist, mathematician, and philosopher Blaise Pascal.
1642 CE: Blaise Pascal invents a calculating machine.
1648 CE: Blaise Pascal conducts pratical tests of a barometer at varying altitudes.
1654 CE: Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat work on a theory of probability.
1655 CE: Blaise Pascal retreats to a life of philosophical contemplation at the Abbey of Port-Royal-des-Champ in France.
1657 CE: Blaise Pascal writes his Lettres provinciales.
1662 CE: Blaise Pascal dies in Paris.
1670 CE: Posthumous publication of Pensées by Blaise Pascal.