June 19, 1623 —Blaise Pascal was born in France on this date (which worked out extremely well for him, as he wanted to grow up to be French). At the age of 17, he wrote a paper entitled Essay on Conic Sections, which quickly became the best-selling paper on conic sections in European history andContinue reading “You might as well believe”
Where the Cabinet of Dcaligari resides
The Haus of Dcaligari 