- Blaise Pascal was a mathematician and physicist.
- He was also a philosopher, inventor and writer.
- He was from France.
- The SI unit of pressure is named after him.
- This is because of his contribution to the study of pressure and vacuum.
- He was a child prodigy.
- He wrote treatises on mathematics as early as 16.
- He also wrote on theology and Catholicism.
- He had very frail health throughout his life.
- He lived from 1623 to 1662.
