He formulated the first laws of atmospheric pressure, equilibrium of  liquids, probability, and invented the hydraulic press. At the age of 12, he  discovered Euclid's axioms unaided; at 16, he wrote a treatise on conic  sections; and at 18 he invented a calculating machine.
He formulated the first laws of atmospheric pressure, equilibrium of  liquids, probability, and invented the hydraulic press. At the age of 12, he  discovered Euclid's axioms unaided; at 16, he wrote a treatise on conic  sections; and at 18 he invented a calculating machine. FTP, who was this  French scientist who propounded his philosophical ideas in such works as  Provincial Letters and Pensees?
He formulated the first laws of atmospheric pressure, equilibrium of  liquids, probability, and invented the hydraulic press.
Blaise Pascal