The Cambridge Companion to Pascal

Author/Contributor(s):	Hammond, Nicholas
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	04/17/2003
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) occupies a position of pivotal importance in many domains: philosophy, mathematics, physics, religious polemics and apologetics. A team of leading scholars surveys the range of his achievement and intellectual background as well as the reception of his work. New readers and nonspecialists will find a convenient and accessible guide to Pascal and advanced students and specialists, a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of his works.