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050 00 $aQ143.L36$bH35313 2005
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100 1 $aHahn, Roger,$d1932-2011.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82122367
240 10 $aSystème du monde.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005016758
245 10 $aPierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 :$ba determined scientist /$cRoger Hahn.
250 $aEnglish ed.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c2005.
300 $ax, 310 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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500 $aTranslated from the French.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-301) and index.
520 1 $a"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. A skillful mathematician and popular philosopher, Laplace also did pioneering work on probability theory, in devising a method of inverse probabilities associated with his classic formulation of physical determinism in the universe. With Lavoisier and several younger disciples, he made decisive advances in chemistry and mathematical physics." "Roger Hahn, who has devoted years to researching Laplace's life, has compiled a rich archive of his scientific correspondence. In this compact biography, also based in part on unpublished private papers, Hahn follows Laplace's journey from would-be priest in the provinces to Parisian academician, popularizer of science during the French Revolution, religious skeptic, and supporter of Napoleon. By the end of his life, Laplace had become a well-rewarded dean of French science." "In this first full-length biography, Hahn illuminates the man in his historical setting."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aLaplace, Pierre Simon,$cmarquis de,$d1749-1827.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81077094
650 0 $aScientists$zFrance$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111331
650 0 $aPhysicists$zFrance$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109327
650 0 $aMathematicians$zFrance$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010101013
650 0 $aCelestial mechanics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082770
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