Mathematicians of the 1600's The 1600's was a period of expansive intellectual growth in Western civilization which began during the Renaissance era. ... Mathematics was the key to knowledge and mathematicians such as Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, and Blaise Pascal made phenomenal mathematical contributions that had a profound impact on the scientific world and beyond. ... Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) Blaise Pascal was a brilliant French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician who was born in Clermont, France on June 19, 1623. Blaise was often ill and weak, so his father, E...

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