Pascal's Wager: The Man Who Played Dice with God
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In a major biography of Blaise Pascal, James Connor explores both the intellectual giant whose theory of probability paved the way for modernity and the devout religious mystic who dared apply probability to faith.
James A. Connor
James A. Connor is the author of Kepler's Witch: An Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother and Silent Fire: Bringing the Spirituality of Silence to Everyday Life. A former Jesuit priest, Connor is professor of English at Kean University in Union, New Jersey; he has also held teaching posts at St. Louis University and Gonzaga University. He is a director of studies at the Lessing Institute in Prague. He holds degrees in geoscience, philosophy, theology, and creative writing, and a Ph.D. in literature and science. He is a prize-winning essayist published widely in such places as American Book Review, Traditional Home, Willow Springs, The Critic, The Iowa Review, and The Iowa Journal of Literary Studies.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5A former Jesuit priest tells the story of Blaise Pascal's life and major works - those on vacuum, the invention of the first computer, the invention of the science of probabilities, which lead him to his famous wager. This smacked too much of a religious apologist, but given the context of Pascal's life, which I didn't know about, it would make sense. All in all, though, I didn't like it.