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2 Monday / April 2, 2012

Pascal at 350: A dialogue across the disciplines

03:10 pm to 06:00 pm
Indiana Memorial Union - Maple Room

Matthew Jones, associate professor of history and James R. Barker associate professor of contemporary civilization at Columbia University, discusses the decisive contributions by Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) to such diverse fields as hydraulics, probability theory, decision theory, geometry, theological polemics, Christian apologetics, and religious and anthropological philosophy, not to mention his role as inventor (he made one of the first calculating machines) and entrepreneur (he conceived Paris’ first public transportation system). Free and open to the public

Cost: Free

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