Pascal - Things Named After Blaise Pascal

Things Named After Blaise Pascal

  • Pascal (unit) (Pa), the SI unit of pressure (equivalent to one newton per square meter)
  • Pascal (programming language), a programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth between 1968 and 1969
  • Pascal distribution, a special case of the negative binomial distribution
  • Pascal's triangle, a geometric arrangement of the binomial coefficients in a triangle
  • Pascal's law, a physics principle relating pressure at various points in an incompressible fluid
  • Pascal (crater), a lunar crater
  • Pascal's theorem, also known as the Hexagrammum Mysticum Theorem
  • Pascal's Wager, a philosophical argument for belief in God

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