Today, as the Quote of the Day reminds readers of humanitys restless relationship with time, Pascals words feel not historical but immediate. In an era defined by urgency and anticipation, his wisdom ...

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal was an all-around intellectual bad-ass. In his rather short life — Pascal succumbed to stomach cancer at the age of 39 — he managed to ...

Christie's said Wednesday it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world's first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and inventor Blaise ...