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Which French mathematician and philosopher, born in 1623, invented the first mechanical calculator (the Pascaline) at age 19?
Answer: Blaise Pascal — Blaise Pascal built the Pascaline, a mechanical calculator, to help his father with tax calculations, and also made fundamental contributions to probability theory.
- A Pierre de Fermat
- B Rene Descartes
- C Blaise Pascal ✓
- D Gottfried Leibniz
Blaise Pascal built the Pascaline, a mechanical calculator, to help his father with tax calculations, and also made fundamental contributions to probability theory.