Let $${\mathcal {K}}$$ denote a nonsingular conic in the projective plane. Pascal’s theorem says that, given six distinct points A, B, C, D, E, F on , three intersection $$AE \cap BF, AD CF, BD CE$$ are collinear. The line containing them is called Pascal of sextuple. However, this construction may fail when some come together. In paper, we find indeterminacy locus where not well-defined and th...

Esse trabalho apresenta uma avaliação crítica multicontextual, histórica e conceitual, do Princípio de Pascal nos livros didáticos Física aprovados no Programa Nacional Livro Didático (PNLD) 2018. A análise realizada levou em consideração os seguintes aspectos: o enunciado sob ponto vista conceitual; relações entre ciência tecnologia, tendo dispositivos relacionados ao Princípio; fontes históri...

The rediscovery of the rhetorical tradition in the past thirty years has transformed the study of early modern authors like Montaigne and Pascal. The categories of traditional literary history, like originality, influence, predecessors, and followers, are now seen as inadequate when it comes to explaining how Montaigne and Pascal thought of themselves as authors and how they understood the proc...