Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827.
Pierre-Simon Laplace papers, 1779-1886.
Memoirs in various handwritings: communications in physics and mathematics, communications on population statistics (1817-1819), geodesy (1826), Plombir̈es waters (1820), the aerostatic discovery of the marquis Mannoury d'Ectot (1821), Garnerin's ascention in Milan (1805), astronomical communications, communications on the project of a canal parallel to the Seine.
Marquis Pierre-Simon de Laplace was among the most influential French astronomers, physicists, and mathematicians of his generation. His most famous work concerns celestial mechanics, cosmogony, and probability theory. A senator, he also played a first-rank role in orienting scientific research and policies in Napolǒn's Empire.
D'Ectot, Mannoury.
Garnerin.
Aerostatics.
Astronomy -- Communications.
Canals -- Design and construction -- France.
Geodesy.
Mathematics -- Communications.
Physics -- Communications.
Population -- Statistics -- Communications.
Memoirs. aat
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