在世界文化名人的行列,帕斯卡是以少年天才著称。科学史对他有这样的记载:1642年(16岁),论证几何学圆锥截线定理(帕斯卡定理);1645年(19岁),制作世界上第一部百位加法运算的计算机;1649年(23岁),成功进行真空实验,发明水银气压计,论证密闭流体传递压强定律(帕斯卡定律);之后,在数学领域创始概率论。在相当长的时期里,帕斯卡的名字是与世界近代科学的象征维系在一起的。他在思想史上的建树,毫不逊色于科学成果的辉煌。笔者认识帕斯卡是个学识渊博,远见卓识的思想家,还是在阅读他的 Pascal is known as a young genius in the world of cultural celebrities. The history of science records him as follows: 1642 (16 years old), demonstrating the geometric conic section theorem (Pascal’s theorem); 1645 (19 years old) making the world’s first hundred-digit addition computer; (23 years old), successfully conducted a vacuum experiment, invented a mercury barometer, demonstrated the law of confined fluid transfer pressure (Pascal’s law), and later founded the theory of probability in mathematics. For a long time, Pascal’s name was tied to the symbol of modern science in the world. His achievements in the history of ideas, no less favorable to the brilliant achievements of science. I know Pascal is a knowledgeable, far-sighted thinkers, or reading his