Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827: A Determined Scientist [French]

by Roger Hahn

Book Overview

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. A skillful mathematician and popular philosopher, Laplace also did pioneering work on probability theory, in devising a method of inverse probabilities associated with his classic formulation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: French
• ISBN: 0674018923
• ISBN13: 9780674018921
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"