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Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 A Determined Scientist
by Hahn, Roger
by Hahn, Roger
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- Comments: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Foxing to top edge. Pages unmarked. <br> Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace was a French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who was best known for his investigations into the stability of the solar system. Laplace successfully accounted for all the observed deviations of the planets from their theoretical orbits by applying Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravitation to the solar system, and he developed a conceptual view of evolutionary change
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- ISBN-13: 9780674018921
- ISBN: 0674018923
- Publication Date: 2005
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
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Often referred to as the Newton of France, Pierre Simon Laplace has been called the greatest scientist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In this full-length biography, Roger Hahn illuminates the man in his historical setting.Hahn, Roger is the author of 'Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 A Determined Scientist', published 2005 under ISBN 9780674018921 and ISBN 0674018923.
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