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FinanceTV Talks- Le voci dell'EconomiaPensioni, risparmio e futuro: come sta cambiando il modello previdenziale italiano tra demografia e geopoliticaIl sistema pensionistico pubblico italiano è davvero a rischio?Oppure gli allarmismi che sentiamo da anni raccontano solo una parte della storia?In questa nuova puntata di Finance TV – Le Voci dell’Economia, Jonathan Figoli dialoga con Michela Camilleri, Responsabile del Centro Studi e Ricerche di Itinerari Previdenziali, per analizzare i dati dell’ultimo Rapporto sul bilancio del sistema previdenziale italiano.📊 I numeri raccontano un sistema oggi in equilibrio, con entrate contributive in crescita e un rapporto attivi/pensionati ai massimi storici. Ma il vero tema è il futuro:transizione demograficacarriere discontinue...
2026-01-2619 min
In Our TimePauli's Exclusion Principle (Archive Episode)After 27 years, Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from the In Our Time presenter’s chair. With over a thousand episodes to choose from, he has selected just six that capture the huge range and depth of the subjects he and his experts have tackled. In this fifth of his choices, we hear Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss a key figure from quantum mechanics. Their topic is the life and ideas of Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), whose Exclusion Principle is one of the key ideas in quantum mechanics. A brilliant physicist, at 21 Pauli wrote a review of Einstein's th...
2025-12-0449 min
In Our Time With Melvyn BraggPauli's Exclusion Principle (Archive Episode)After 27 years, Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from the In Our Time presenter’s chair. With over a thousand episodes to choose from, he has selected just six that capture the huge range and depth of the subjects he and his experts have tackled. In this fifth of his choices, we hear Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss a key figure from quantum mechanics. Their topic is the life and ideas of Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), whose Exclusion Principle is one of the key ideas in quantum mechanics. A brilliant physicist, at 21 Pauli wrote a review of Einstein's theory of...
2025-12-0449 min
Colloques du Collège de France - Collège de FranceColloque - Michela Massimi : Lunar Grabbing. On Scientific Commoning in Outer Space (and Oceanic Seabed too)Samantha BessonDroit international des institutionsCollège de FranceAnnée 2025-2026The "Province of All Mankind"? Property in Outer Space under Public and Private International Law & PhilosophyColloque - Michela Massimi : Lunar Grabbing. On Scientific Commoning in Outer Space (and Oceanic Seabed too)Panel 3: The Relations between Scientific "Exploration" and Commercial "Exploitation" of Outer SpaceColloque organisé par la Pr Samantha Besson, chaire Droit international des institutions, les 25 et 26 septembre 2025Présent...
2025-09-2630 min
Droit international des institutions - Samantha BessonColloque - Michela Massimi : Lunar Grabbing. On Scientific Commoning in Outer Space (and Oceanic Seabed too)Samantha BessonDroit international des institutionsCollège de FranceAnnée 2025-2026The "Province of All Mankind"? Property in Outer Space under Public and Private International Law & PhilosophyColloque - Michela Massimi : Lunar Grabbing. On Scientific Commoning in Outer Space (and Oceanic Seabed too)Panel 3: The Relations between Scientific "Exploration" and Commercial "Exploitation" of Outer SpaceColloque organisé par la Pr Samantha Besson, chaire Droit international des institutions, les 25 et 26 septembre 2025Présent...
2025-09-2630 min
pordenonelegge.it - festa del libro e della libertàFabiano Massimi e Graziella Monni - I segreti del romanzo storicoIncontro con Fabiano Massimi e Graziella Monni. Presenta Michela Fregona
Il nuovo romanzo di Fabiano Massimi fa luce su uno dei misteri più inquietanti del fascismo: la vera storia di Ida Dalser, prima moglie di Benito Mussolini, e del primogenito del duce Benito Albino, entrambi allontanati e fatti internare su ordine del Regime. Mentre Graziella Monni ci porta nel Cinquecento a Càller, l’antica Cagliari, quando le coste sarde sono minacciate dalle scorrerie dei pirati musulmani, che arrivano da Tunisi.
Edizione 2024
2024-12-0957 min
Love & Philosophy#39: The Real World and its Many Models with philosopher Michela MassimiSend a love messageExploring Perspectival Realism: Are there many paths to the right place?In this episode, Andrea talks with Michela Massimi, a philosopher renowned for her book 'Perspectival Realism.' They look at what these terms mean, discussing the relevance of perspectivism in the philosophy of science and its implications for understanding scientific models, realism, and pluralism. The conversation explores how different perspectives can coexist in scientific inquiry without leading to relativism, and the role of local and experiential knowledge in contributing to scientific understanding. Massimi also shares her personal journey into philosophy and...
2024-11-211h 14
A costruire un mondo nuovo.Una frattura inevitabile: Luigi Longo al Congresso di Livorno.Una frattura inevitabile: Luigi Longo al Congresso di Livorno. Luigi Longo nasce a Fubine, un piccolo centro dell’alessandrino, il 15 marzo 1900, in una famiglia contadina di produttori vinicoli. Per sfuggire alla miseria della vita contadina di inizio Novecento, la famiglia Longo si trasferisce a Torino. Il nuovo mondo in cui Luigi impara a crescere è molto diverso dalla piccola Fubine; si chiama Barriera di Milano, è la periferia nord di una grande città, ed è un borgo operaio. Da giovane, dopo la Prima guerra mondiale, si avvicina al Partito socialista; i suoi primi anni di militanza si svolgeranno nella federa...
2024-09-2416 min
Il salotto di UlisseLa rivoluzione dell'Intelligenza Artificiale (Pt. 3 di 3) #014Episodio #014 del podcast dell'Accademia delle Scienze di Bologna, che raccoglie i migliori seminari e convegni esposti da esperti e studiosi del settore, si intitola "La rivoluzione dell'Intelligenza Artificiale".Esploreremo le innovazioni nel mondo dell'Intelligenza artificiale attraverso le parole dei massimi esperti in materia.Il seminario sarà diviso in 3 puntate. Di seguito il programma completo:(Pt. 1 di 3)Saluti istituzionali:LUIGI BOLONDI (Presidente dell’Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna)Modera: LORENZO DONATIELLO (Università di Bologna)Interventi:MICHELA MILANO Direttrice Centro Interdipartimentale Alma Mater Research Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Alma AI)FRANCE...
2024-07-181h 24
Il salotto di UlisseLa rivoluzione dell'Intelligenza Artificiale (Pt. 2 di 3) #013Episodio #013 del podcast dell'Accademia delle Scienze di Bologna, che raccoglie i migliori seminari e convegni esposti da esperti e studiosi del settore, si intitola "La rivoluzione dell'Intelligenza Artificiale".Esploreremo le innovazioni nel mondo dell'Intelligenza artificiale attraverso le parole dei massimi esperti in materia.Il seminario sarà diviso in 3 puntate. Di seguito il programma completo:(Pt. 1 di 3)Saluti istituzionali:LUIGI BOLONDI (Presidente dell’Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna)Modera: LORENZO DONATIELLO (Università di Bologna)Interventi:MICHELA MILANO Direttrice Centro Interdipartimentale Alma Mater Research Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Alma AI)FRANCE...
2024-07-161h 12
Il salotto di UlisseLa rivoluzione dell'Intelligenza Artificiale (Pt. 1 di 3) #012Episodio #012 del podcast dell'Accademia delle Scienze di Bologna, che raccoglie i migliori seminari e convegni esposti da esperti e studiosi del settore, si intitola "La rivoluzione dell'Intelligenza Artificiale".Esploreremo le innovazioni nel mondo dell'Intelligenza artificiale attraverso le parole dei massimi esperti in materia.Il seminario sarà diviso in 3 puntate. Di seguito il programma completo:(Pt. 1 di 3)Saluti istituzionali:LUIGI BOLONDI (Presidente dell’Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna)Modera: LORENZO DONATIELLO (Università di Bologna)Interventi:MICHELA MILANO Direttrice Centro Interdipartimentale Alma Mater Research Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Alma AI)FRANCE...
2024-07-151h 10
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2023-10-1258 min
Clorofilla - Podcast ecologistaEp. 54 - La responsabilità sociale d'impresa: tra ESG, bilanci di sostenibilità e rischio Greenwashing con Fabio IraldoIn compagnia di Fabio Iraldo, tra i massimi esperti di comunicazione ambientale in Italia, autore del libro "Oltre il Greenwashing" con Michela Melis, edito da Edizioni Ambiente, facciamo il punto sulla sostenibilità aziendale. Sono molti gli acronimi e i termini (ESG, SDGs, RSI, bilanci di sostenibilità) che sempre più insistentemente si stanno imponendo nel mondo del lavoro che, attraverso una rete di normative, stanno traghettando le imprese verso una sempre maggiore sostenibilità.✅ Fabio Iraldohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-iraldo-91b91111📘 Oltre il Greenwashing - Linee guida sulla comunicazione ambientale per aziende sostenibili, credibili...
2022-11-0725 min
Clorofilla PodcastEp. 54 - La responsabilità sociale d'impresa: tra ESG, bilanci di sostenibilità e rischio Greenwashing con Fabio IraldoIn compagnia di Fabio Iraldo, tra i massimi esperti di comunicazione ambientale in Italia, autore del libro "Oltre il Greenwashing" con Michela Melis, edito da Edizioni Ambiente, facciamo il punto sulla sostenibilità aziendale. Sono molti gli acronimi e i termini (ESG, SDGs, RSI, bilanci di sostenibilità) che sempre più insistentemente si stanno imponendo nel mondo del lavoro che, attraverso una rete di normative, stanno traghettando le imprese verso una sempre maggiore sostenibilità.✅ Fabio Iraldohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-iraldo-91b91111📘 Oltre il Greenwashing - Linee guida sulla comunicazione ambientale per aziende sostenibili, credibili...
2022-11-0725 min
New Books in ScienceMichela Massimi, "Perspectival Realism" (Oxford UP, 2022)For many philosophers, the fact that scientists take different perspectives on the world is an obstacle to being a realist about the world. In Perspectival Realism (Oxford University Press, 2022), Michela Massimi argues that to the contrary the plurality of perspectives is the driving force behind realism. On her view, the scientific realism that emerges out of the perspectival nature of scientific representation takes perspectival models as inferential blueprints for exploring what is possible. The realist’s primitives are not essential properties, but the stable lawlike dependencies that are identified again and again from different perspectives. Massimi, who is professor of p...
2022-07-111h 07
In Conversation: An OUP PodcastMichela Massimi, "Perspectival Realism" (Oxford UP, 2022)For many philosophers, the fact that scientists take different perspectives on the world is an obstacle to being a realist about the world. In Perspectival Realism (Oxford University Press, 2022), Michela Massimi argues that to the contrary the plurality of perspectives is the driving force behind realism. On her view, the scientific realism that emerges out of the perspectival nature of scientific representation takes perspectival models as inferential blueprints for exploring what is possible. The realist’s primitives are not essential properties, but the stable lawlike dependencies that are identified again and again from different perspectives. Massimi, who is professor of p...
2022-07-111h 08
New Books in PhilosophyMichela Massimi, "Perspectival Realism" (Oxford UP, 2022)For many philosophers, the fact that scientists take different perspectives on the world is an obstacle to being a realist about the world. In Perspectival Realism (Oxford University Press, 2022), Michela Massimi argues that to the contrary the plurality of perspectives is the driving force behind realism. On her view, the realism that emerges out of the perspectival nature of scientific representation takes perspectival models as inferential blueprints for exploring what is possible. The realist’s primitives are not essential properties, but the stable lawlike dependencies that are identified again and again from different perspectives. Massimi, who is professor of phil...
2022-07-111h 07
CORDIScovery – unearthing the hottest topics in EU science, research and innovationPhilosophy of science: the energy and excitement of curiosityFrom rabbits plucked out of hats to dark matter, how do we comprehend the inexplicable or the unobservable? What do particle physicists and a magician’s audience have in common? Do we enjoy being baffled? If so, why? What pushes us to seek to understand? Is objectivity so vital in scientific observation and is subjectivity really its negation – or is the relationship between the two more subtle?
As one of our guests puts it: “The energy that drives inquiry is not the pleasure we take in final explanations, but the energy and excitement of curiosity itself.”
From t...
2021-09-3038 min
SOTTOSOPRAMassimiliano Ambesi e gli sport invernaliCompetenza tecnica ai massimi livelli, esperto di sport invernali riconosciuto anche in ambito mondiale. Massimiliano Ambesi è l'ospite di questa puntata podcast e grazie a lui entreremo in un mondo fatto di competizione e professionalità ai massimi livelli. Non vi resta che ascoltare quest'intervista podcast...ovviamente SottoSopra!
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2020-12-1746 min
The Universe Speaks in NumbersThe Universe Speaks in Numbers: Michela Massimi interviewed by Graham FarmeloWhat do philosophers of physics do, and what light might they shed on the work of today’s physicists and astronomers? Michela Massimi, a distinguished philosopher of science at the University of Edinburgh, discusses these and other matters with Graham in this lively interview, recorded in Michela’s office. She has a bracingly optimistic vision for her subject in the coming decades, as Graham heard.This is one of a number of interviews given by world-class experts to Graham on the themes he explores in his new book The Universe Speaks in Numbers. Hoste...
2019-09-0222 minRADARRADAR DEL 09/07/2019 - I virus dei tumori del DNA. I premi IgNobel. "Le cose non quadrano...Ci vogliono i cerchi" di G. Pettarin e J. Olivieri. I cambiamenti climatici.Ospiti di Daniela Picoi: Lawrence Banks, ICGEB; Paola Massimi, ICGEB; Giuseppe Mussardo, SISSA; Germano Pettarin e Jacopo Olivieri, autori di "Le cose non quadrano ci vogliono i cerchi" Einaudi Ragazzi; Michela Biasutti, Columbia Un. NY; Simona Bordoni, California Inst. of Technology.
2019-07-101h 11
FaberBooksThe Universe Speaks in Numbers 13: Graham Farmelo interviews Lance Dixon‘The most perfect microscopic structures in the known universe’ – that is the exquisite description of sub-nuclear scattering amplitudes given by theorist Lance Dixon, based at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in California. Having made his name as a string theorist in the 1980s, Dixon became one of the leading pioneers in the field of scattering-amplitudes, developing a host of ingenious ideas and techniques. In this thoughtful interview, he describes why he switched his research focus, the fascination and importance of the amplitudes, and the prospects for the subject’s future.
This is one of twenty interviews given by world-class experts to Graham o...
2019-07-0918 min
FaberBooksThe Universe Speaks in Numbers 12: Graham Farmelo interviews Robbert DijkgraafThe Dutchman Robbert Dijkgraaf is a rarity – not only is he a top-class mathematical physicist, he is also one of the world’s finest science communicators. In this bracing interview with Graham, Dijkgraaf lucidly describes the state of modern fundamental physics and the continually surprising – and extraordinarily productive – symbiosis between this science and modern mathematics. As Graham says: ‘Robbert gives us a real tour de force.’This is one of twenty interviews given by world-class experts to Graham on the themes he explores in his new book The Universe Speaks in Numbers. A new interview is posted every week.
Among the other in...
2019-07-0922 min
FaberBooksThe Universe Speaks in Numbers 9: Graham Farmelo interviews Michela MassimiWhat do philosophers of physics do, and what light might they shed on the work of today’s physicists and astronomers? Michela Massimi, a distinguished philosopher of science at the University of Edinburgh, discusses these and other matters with Graham in this lively interview, recorded last March in Michela’s office. She has a bracingly optimistic vision for her subject in the coming decades, as Graham heard.
This is one of twenty interviews given by world-class experts to Graham on the themes he explores in his new book The Universe Speaks in Numbers. A new interview is posted every week.
Amon...
2019-06-0722 min
RSDS RADIO SOCIETÀ DEI SOGNIPauli's Exclusion PrincipleMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), whose Exclusion Principle is one of the key ideas in quantum mechanics. A brilliant physicist, at 21 Pauli wrote a review of Einstein's theory of general relativity and that review is still a standard work of reference today. The Pauli Exclusion Principle proposes that no two electrons in an atom can be at the same time in the same state or configuration, and it helps explain a wide range of phenomena such as the electron shell structure of atoms. Pauli went on to postulate the existence of the...
2017-04-0648 min
In Our Time: SciencePauli's Exclusion PrincipleAfter 27 years, Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from the In Our Time presenter’s chair. With over a thousand episodes to choose from, he has selected just six that capture the huge range and depth of the subjects he and his experts have tackled. In this fifth of his choices, we hear Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss a key figure from quantum mechanics.Their topic is the life and ideas of Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), whose Exclusion Principle is one of the key ideas in quantum mechanics. A brilliant physicist, at 21 Pauli wrote a review of...
2017-04-0648 minIn Our TimePauli's Exclusion PrincipleMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), whose Exclusion Principle is one of the key ideas in quantum mechanics. A brilliant physicist, at 21 Pauli wrote a review of Einstein's theory of general relativity and that review is still a standard work of reference today. The Pauli Exclusion Principle proposes that no two electrons in an atom can be at the same time in the same state or configuration, and it helps explain a wide range of phenomena such as the electron shell structure of atoms. Pauli went on to postulate the existence of...
2017-04-0648 min
Philosophy for our times | The Institute of Art and Ideas PodcastTime, Space And Being | Michela Massimi, Julian Barbour, Huw PriceWe think space and time are the structure of the universe. Yet Einstein argued 'space and time are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live'. And philosophers, Kant and Heidegger, saw space and time as the framework of thought not the world. Are space and time just a human fantasy?
The Panel
Physicist and author of The End of Time Julian Barbour, Cambridge metaphysician Huw Price and philosopher of science Michela Massimi think outside space and time.
Watch the debate here: https://iai.tv/video/time-space-and-being
2016-09-0546 min
Philosophy For Our TimesTime, Space And Being | Michela Massimi, Julian Barbour, Huw PriceLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe think space and time are the structure of the universe. Yet Einstein argued 'space and time are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live'. And philosophers, Kant and Heidegger, saw space and time as the framework of thought not the world. Are space and time just a human fantasy? Physicist and author of The End of Time Julian Barbour, Cambridge metaphysician Huw Price and philosopher of science Michela Massimi think outside space and time. Watch t...
2016-09-0546 minPhilosophy For Our TimesTime, Space And Being | Michela Massimi, Julian Barbour, Huw PriceLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe think space and time are the structure of the universe. Yet Einstein argued 'space and time are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live'. And philosophers, Kant and Heidegger, saw space and time as the framework of thought not the world. Are space and time just a human fantasy? Physicist and author of The End of Time Julian Barbour, Cambridge metaphysician Huw Price and philosopher of science Michela Massimi think outside space and time. Watch t...
2016-09-0546 min
Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2016: To Boldly Go: what Star Trek tells us about the worldContributor(s): Professor Michèle Barrett, Duncan Barrett, Professor Barry Buzan, Professor Steven French | Celebrating Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, our panel will explore what this enduring science fiction series can tell us about attitudes to international relations, science and society. Michèle Barrett is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary University, London and author, with her son Duncan Barrett of Star Trek: the Human Frontier. Her recent work has focused on the literature and art of the First World War period. Duncan Barrett (@WW1Stories) is a best-selling author. In 2010 he edited the First World War...
2016-02-261h 24Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2016: To Boldly Go: what Star Trek tells us about the worldContributor(s): Professor Michèle Barrett, Duncan Barrett, Professor Barry Buzan, Professor Steven French | Celebrating Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, our panel will explore what this enduring science fiction series can tell us about attitudes to international relations, science and society. Michèle Barrett is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary University, London and author, with her son Duncan Barrett of Star Trek: the Human Frontier. Her recent work has focused on the literature and art of the First World War period. Duncan Barrett (@WW1Stories) is a best-selling author. In 2010 he edited the First World War...
2016-02-261h 24In Our TimeBishop BerkeleyMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of George Berkeley, an Anglican bishop who was one of the most important philosophers of the eighteenth century. Bishop Berkeley believed that objects only truly exist in the mind of somebody who perceives them - an idea he called immaterialism. His interests and writing ranged widely, from the science of optics to religion and the medicinal benefits of tar water. His work on the nature of perception was a spur to many later thinkers, including David Hume and Immanuel Kant. The clarity of Berkeley's writing, and his ability to pose a...
2014-03-2047 min
In Our Time: PhilosophyBishop BerkeleyMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of George Berkeley, an Anglican bishop who was one of the most important philosophers of the eighteenth century. Bishop Berkeley believed that objects only truly exist in the mind of somebody who perceives them - an idea he called immaterialism. His interests and writing ranged widely, from the science of optics to religion and the medicinal benefits of tar water. His work on the nature of perception was a spur to many later thinkers, including David Hume and Immanuel Kant. The clarity of Berkeley's writing, and his ability to pose a...
2014-03-2047 min
In Our Time: ReligionBishop BerkeleyMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of George Berkeley, an Anglican bishop who was one of the most important philosophers of the eighteenth century. Bishop Berkeley believed that objects only truly exist in the mind of somebody who perceives them - an idea he called immaterialism. His interests and writing ranged widely, from the science of optics to religion and the medicinal benefits of tar water. His work on the nature of perception was a spur to many later thinkers, including David Hume and Immanuel Kant. The clarity of Berkeley's writing, and his ability to pose a...
2014-03-2047 minIn Our TimePascalMelvyn Bragg and his guests begin a new series of the programme with a discussion of the French polymath Blaise Pascal. Born in 1623, Pascal was a brilliant mathematician and scientist, inventing one of the first mechanical calculators and making important discoveries about fluids and vacuums while still a young man. In his thirties he experienced a religious conversion, after which he devoted most of his attention to philosophy and theology. Although he died in his late thirties, Pascal left a formidable legacy as a scientist and pioneer of probability theory, and as one of seventeenth century Europe's greatest writers.
2013-09-1941 min
In Our Time: CulturePascalMelvyn Bragg and his guests begin a new series of the programme with a discussion of the French polymath Blaise Pascal. Born in 1623, Pascal was a brilliant mathematician and scientist, inventing one of the first mechanical calculators and making important discoveries about fluids and vacuums while still a young man. In his thirties he experienced a religious conversion, after which he devoted most of his attention to philosophy and theology. Although he died in his late thirties, Pascal left a formidable legacy as a scientist and pioneer of probability theory, and as one of seventeenth century Europe's greatest writers.
2013-09-1941 minIn Our Time: SciencePascalMelvyn Bragg and his guests begin a new series of the programme with a discussion of the French polymath Blaise Pascal. Born in 1623, Pascal was a brilliant mathematician and scientist, inventing one of the first mechanical calculators and making important discoveries about fluids and vacuums while still a young man. In his thirties he experienced a religious conversion, after which he devoted most of his attention to philosophy and theology. Although he died in his late thirties, Pascal left a formidable legacy as a scientist and pioneer of probability theory, and as one of seventeenth century Europe's greatest writers.
2013-09-1941 minIn Our Time: PhilosophyPascalMelvyn Bragg and his guests begin a new series of the programme with a discussion of the French polymath Blaise Pascal. Born in 1623, Pascal was a brilliant mathematician and scientist, inventing one of the first mechanical calculators and making important discoveries about fluids and vacuums while still a young man. In his thirties he experienced a religious conversion, after which he devoted most of his attention to philosophy and theology. Although he died in his late thirties, Pascal left a formidable legacy as a scientist and pioneer of probability theory, and as one of seventeenth century Europe's greatest writers.
2013-09-1941 min