Pierre-Simon Laplace
1749-1827
French astronomer and mathematician whose manifold contributions to the exact sciences make him one of the greatest scientists of all time. Laplace's Celestial Me...
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Laplace Theorizes That the Solar System Originated from a Cloud of Gas
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In Exposition du système du monde (Exposition of the System of the World) (1796), the French astronomer Marquis Pie...
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Pierre-Simon Laplace
1749-1827
French Astronomer and Mathematician
Pierre-Simon Laplace's Celestial Mechanics is generally regarded as the crowning achievement of Newtonian gravitation. Laplace...
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Pierre-Simon Laplace
1749-1827
French Mathematician and Astronomer
Pierre-Simon Laplace, sometimes called "the Newton of France," was a mathematician and astronomer who made many importa...
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Laplace, Pierre Simon (1749–1827)
Pierre Simon Laplace, the most influential of the French mathematician-scientists of his time, made many important contributions to celestial mechanics, the th...
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Laplace, Pierre Simon De(1749–1827)
Pierre Simon de Laplace, the French astronomer and mathematician famous for his celestial mechanics and theory of probability, was born in Normandy. Upon com...
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The French mathematician Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827), made outstanding contributions to pure mathematics, probability theory, and dynamical astronomy.Pierre Simon Laplace was born on ...
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Pierre Simon Laplace's work in both celestial mechanics and probabilityrepresent pinnacles of intellectual achievement. Laplace extended the work of Isaac Newton, explaining variations in the planetar...
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Because Pierre-Simon de Laplace was secretive about his background, little is known of his early life; he may have been ashamed of his past and kept the details to himself. He was born on March 23, 17...
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Because Pierre Simon Laplace was secretive about his background, little is known of his early life; he may have been ashamed of his past and kept the details to himself. He was born on March 23, 1749,...
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Pierre-Simon Laplace
Laplace, Pierre Simon (1749-1827)
Laplace, Pierre Simon De (1749-1827)
Laplace, Marquis de
Pierre Simon Laplace
Pierre Simon Laplace
Pierre Simon Laplace