第一台机械计算器由法国数学家布莱兹·帕斯卡 (Blaise Pascal) 于 1642 年发明。有趣的是，他创造这台机器并非为了进行科学实验，而是为了帮助他的父亲——一名税务员——处理冗长且枯燥的计算工作。这台机器被命名为 Pascaline，能够自动执行加法和减法运算。约 30 年后，戈特弗里德·威廉·莱布尼茨 (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz) 在帕斯卡的构思基础上进行了扩展，开发出了一台能够进行乘法和除法的计算器。如今，我们随身携带的智能手机每秒可以进行数十亿次计算，但现代计算器的基石是在近 400 年前奠定的，其目标非常简单：让日常计算变得更轻松。
The first mechanical calculator was invented in 1642 by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal. Interestingly, he didn't create it as a scientific experiment, but to help his father, a tax collector, with long and tedious calculations. Named the Pascaline, the machine could automatically perform addition and subtraction. About 30 years later, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz expanded on Pascal's idea by developing a calculator capable of multiplication and division. Today, the smartphones we carry in our pockets can perform billions of calculations every second, but the foundation of modern calculators was laid nearly 400 years ago with a simple goal: making everyday calculations easier.
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