Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827: A Determined Scientist - Roger Hahan, Roger Hahn - Google Books

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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.…