Pierre-Simon Laplace

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Pierre-Simon Laplace. (1749 – 1827). French mathematician, statistician, engineer, physicist, astronomer, and philosopher.

Ideas

  • Bayesian interpretation of probability.
  • LaPlace's equation.
  • LaPlace's transform.
  • Laplacian differential operator.
  • Nebular hypothesis.
  • Black hole postulate.

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