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Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace was a French scholar and polymath whose work was important to the development of engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, astronomy, and philosophy. He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five-volume Mécanique céleste (1799–1825).
LAPLACE, PIERRE-SIMON, MARQUIS DE (b. Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France, 23 March 1749; d. Paris, France, 5 March 1827) celestial mechanics, probability, applied mathematics, physics. Laplace was among the most influential scientists in all history.
The Mathematician Who Charted the Course of Celestial Mechanics. Pierre-Simon Laplace, born on March 23, 1749, in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France, was one of the most influential mathematicians and astronomers of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Laplace’s work in celestial mechanics, probability theory, and mathematical physics ...
