a unit so small that a whisper of wind outweighs it.
means The SI unit of pressure, equal to one newton of force spread over one square metre.
from Named for Blaise Pascal, the 17th-century French mathematician and physicist whose work on fluids and pressure (think of Pascal's principle, that pressure applied to a confined fluid is transmitted everywhere undiminished) earned him this honour. The unit was officially adopted into the International System in 1971, long after his death, so his name now rides on every weather report and tyre gauge. The same Pascal also lends his name to a programming language and to 'Pascal's wager' — a busy afterlife for one mind.
pascal's triangle — mathematical triangle of binomial coefficients discovered by blaise pascal in 1653
pascal programming language — imperative language created by niklaus wirth in 1970, named after blaise pascal
pascal's wager — philosophical argument by blaise pascal about belief in god, presented in his pensées
pascal unit of pressure — si unit of pressure, 1 newton per square meter, named after blaise pascal