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Convent of Port Royal de Paris, the Capitular Hall. This room was the spiritual center of French Jansenism in the 17th.
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Convent of Port Royal de Paris, the Capitular Hall. This room was the spirit...

"Les Granges" (the barns) near the Abbey of Port Royal Des Champs where B. Pascal wrote most of his religious works. On the table his books and some of his writings of the time.
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"Les Granges" (the barns) near the Abbey of Port Royal Des Champs...

Various instruments (17th), made for Blaise Pascal's experiments.
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Various instruments (17th), made for Blaise Pascal's experiments.

Blaise Pascal's desk with facsimile of his "Apologie de la religion chretienne" (Defense of the Christian Faith), one of his most important writings.
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Blaise Pascal's desk with facsimile of his "Apologie de la religion...

Courtyard of "Les Granges" (the barns) of Port Royal Des Champs, with a well for which Pascal invented and constructed the windlass.
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Courtyard of "Les Granges" (the barns) of Port Royal Des Champs, with a well...

Chapel of Port Royal des Champs where Pascal lived through the mystic experience of the 40 steps in 1654 which he recorded in "le Memorial".
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Chapel of Port Royal des Champs where Pascal lived through the mystic exper...

Blaise Pascal's silver castigation belt, his stone cross, the manuscript of "le Memorial", and a burning candle.
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Blaise Pascal's silver castigation belt, his stone cross, the man...

Blaise Pascal's silver castigation belt, his stone cross, and the manuscript of "le Memorial".
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Blaise Pascal's silver castigation belt, his stone cross, and the...

Courtyard of the Convent of Port Royal de Paris.
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Courtyard of the Convent of Port Royal de Paris.

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Oil (1627) On March 8th 1619 he formulated his third Law: "The ratio of the squares of the revolutionary periods for two planets is equal to the ratio of the cubes of their semimajor axes".
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Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Oil (1627) On March 8th 1619 he formulated his th...

Main square of Weil der Stadt with the house where Johannes Kepler was born (house of his grandfather, then mayor of the town, in background) and statue of Emperor Karl V.
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Main square of Weil der Stadt with the house where Johannes Kepler was born...

Table with two of Johannes Kepler's letters: one to his wife, the other to Emperor Rudolf II. Globe, sundial, and hourglass.
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Table with two of Johannes Kepler's letters: one to his wife, the oth...