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Hardcover. Price: 49.50. ISBN: 978-0691011851. Category: General. MAA Review. Table of Contents. [Reviewed by. Stacy G. Langton. , on. 04/8/1999. ] Writing the biography of a mathematician poses special problems.
Oct 24, 2005 · Often referred to as the Newton of France, Pierre Simon Laplace has been called the greatest scientist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He affirmed the stability of the solar system and offered a powerful hypothesis about its origins...
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Feb 27, 2000 · This book traces the development of Laplace’s research program and of his participation in the Academy of Science during the last decades of the Old Regime into the early years of the French Revolution. A scientific biography by Charles Gillispie comprises the major portion of the book.
Bibliographic information. Often referred to as the Newton of France, Pierre Simon Laplace has been called the greatest scientist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He...
REVIEWS. Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827: A Determined Scientist. By Roger Hahn. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2005. Pp.xi+310.$35. This is not a trendy book. It does not contain grand theoretical declarations or romantic portraits of daring scientists. Roger Hahn is skeptical of over. blown claims and unsupported stories.
Oct 24, 2005 · by Roger Hahn (Author) 4.0 1 rating. See all formats and editions. Often referred to as the Newton of France, Pierre Simon Laplace has been called the greatest scientist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
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Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace, French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who was best known for his investigations into the stability of the solar system. He successfully accounted for all the observed deviations of the planets from their theoretical orbits.
