Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 : a life in exact science / Charles Coulston Gillispie ; with the co...
Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 : a life in exact science / Charles Coulston Gillispie ; with the co...
Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 : a life in exact science / Charles Coulston Gillispie ; with the collaboration of Robert Fox and Ivor Grattan-Guinness.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997.
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xii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Pt. I. Early Career, 1768-1778. Ch. 1. Youth, Education, and Election to the Academy. Ch. 2. Finite Differences, Recurrent Series, and Theory of Chance. Ch. 3. Probability of Events and of Their Causes: The Origin of Statistical Inference. Ch. 4. Universal Gravitation. Ch. 5. Distribution of Comets....
Ch. 19. Exposition du systeme du monde. Ch. 20. A Scientific Eminence. Ch. 21. Traite de mecanique celeste -- Pt. IV. Laplacian Physics and Probability. Ch. 22. The Velocity of Sound / Robert Fox. Ch. 23. Short-Range Forces / Robert Fox. Ch. 24. The Laplacian School / Robert Fox. Ch. 25. Theory of E...
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997.
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Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 : a life in exact science / Charles Coulston Gillispie ; with the collaboration of Robert Fox and Ivor Grattan-Guinness.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-317) and index.
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0691011850 (alk. paper)
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509.2
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