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Blaise Pascal was a 17th-century French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it

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