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Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
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Astronomy
Mathematics
Mechanics
Celestial mechanics
Mathematical analysis
Probability Theory
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Memoir on heat / read to the Royal Academy of Sciences, 28 June 1783, by Messrs. Lavoisier & De La Place ; translated with an introduction and notes by Henry Guerlac.
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Antoine Lavoisier
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Date: 1982
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Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1749-1827), French mathematician and astronomer
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Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Date: 1801-1818
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Reference: MS.8694
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Exposition de système du monde / par P.S. Laplace.
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Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Date: An VII [1799]
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Exposition du système du monde / par M. le marquis de Laplace.
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Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Date: 1824
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On the grounds of the method which Laplace has given in ... his 'Mécanique céste' for computing the attractions of spheroids of every description / [Sir James Ivory].
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Ivory, James, Sir, 1765-1842.
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Date: 1812
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Nicolas Copernicus among other astronomers of the world. Process print after a wood engraving by J. Styfi and J. Holewinski, 18--, after M.E. Andirolli, 1873.
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Michał Elwiro Andriolli
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Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]
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Reference: 546238i
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Calendar of the correspondence of Pierre Simon Laplace / Roger Hahn.
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Roger Hahn
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Date: 1982
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P. De La Place / C. N. Cochin filius.
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Charles-Nicolas Cochin
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Date: 1762
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Reference: 5261i
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Laplace and the vanishing role of God in the physical universe / Roger Hahn.
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Roger Hahn
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Date: 1981
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Un double centenaire Newton et Laplace : leur vie et leur oeuvre / [Émile Picard].
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Charles Émile Picard
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Date: 1927
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