The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17

I t"ndant 'ths.. onirial- yer. tho lrn@al
al, --tnr- - N. n,osi-fn Pr t-tsi. IN his
'"ntraliSing sv.t-in and a. h-ad ~ tho
o." hnar~' DEPARTMENT Hs ~a- over
h'.r'i"nsI Wlth work To tighten the
oy"rWh-lm,ng mathematical work Young
Haas cunc"iy-i hi- circulating machine.
Wht"h waz not finished. howsv-r until
much at.i il.for- h- l.ft Rousn h.
hat begun 10 pass from mathematics
tn EXPERIMENTAL physics. which dealt
Nt'h things not Nth notions
Fur tn" pruper underStan ling ~
PtsyIl's atti,ud.' huth a. a scientist and
m ne drld of religion II IL necessary to
und 'r, and tho entire situation ~ the
"pr,r - afected hy the condemnation
- Gohieu tho CarJe-ian philosophy. IT.
aims and me: hods and the inhuenC" ~
various members ~ tho Paris club All
thr-. arr elucidated in mastery fashion
forming a complete picture 81 the T-'ri"ds
thuuknt A. To- Pa~Cdl's attitud'' ia gen
eral u may l-a summed up 10y saving that
be had a passion for the concret" AZ great
that ~ WIS ,nly the certainty 81 math"-
mates which induced him to tolerate
IT, abstract ions and from this arose
his lifelong opposition 20 the methods OF
nescnrte- Algebra, ~ a kind. was al
ready in existence. though in very raw
and Imperfect stat" Pascal stood nv
M means alone IN thinking ~ device
too clever To ~. honest and IN preferring
the Longest grom"trlcal routes to the
short and easy way pointed out Nv 80
dubious a guide The same causes that
kept ham attached 20 the ancient methods
IA geometry and made him an expert
ni"ntal.-t IA science made OF him Jansen
i~t IN religion y hon III" time came pes-
car'.S had invented analytical geometry
VA the service 20 universal mechanism and
had formulated universal wsChan an
itSrIf m the interests 81 practical scien-
'ifi, r.forn and dealt largely N the for
mulas that hrng new discovery within
the reach ~ commonplace. intelligence.
hut Pascal was the SN orn enemy 81 all the
machine made solutions ~ Carts-lan
scene" or problems 81 Jesuit morality
This intellectual sportsman s1vs VI Saint :
Cvres darpisnd mere result IN COMPARE |
son With the Pile sure and healthy excite /
Iusnt ~ the chase
Then ton ha was sttrs cted 10y the 1
~ radon - Fllyinr the most rigorous
with fires kiSh tours de /
force From one iu'CcesSihla height 20
anoth.r b.. climbed always Nv perfectly
legitimate hut most unlikely routes. and
he took q mr. lICious plea SURF in giving ~
few hunts - possible ~ future noun
ralne"rs Most e III it pleased HIM To-
~ rop down IA questions thar had hT Ned
others A. ha had hegun his mathe
NAUTICAL 90 r,.er NV improving On D"-
- rgrIeS 50 he ended - by smoothing out 7.
R"berval's tauglrd sp~culatinns over the
'yClpih B.tw,..n th. two came hrs dis
puts- with Judge F"rrnn' ON" II the
finest math"mati.I.r- France has pro
tuc"i over m. 'homa'io,l progresses and
~" theory Il uumiar: bat this most
- thinkers de- one
II *" contribution To- the public good
~ Rnhcrvals method of
'vhausfi"n l~d him ~ IN" threshold
Z tho Iu'"Gral calculus TIL" period
l-tw-an 1918 and l6fs W IN" historian
4 marhauH'i"al sgienc" was domI-
la'rd hv Tho discovery II the calculus
nd IN tins Frenrhrnen pls we'd the isa ding
,art. TWu - them stand out preemi-
lent F-rm.t IN leading up To IN" diff
Ier"ntial calculus and Pascal "a leading
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