Laplace
[la:'pla:s]
Definition
(noun.) French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827).
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Examples
- To this Laplace is said to have replied: Fi rst Citizen Consul, I have not had need of that hypothesis. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Laplace in his statement of the nebular hypothesis made no mention of Kant. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When Laplace presented the first edition of this earlier work to Napoleon, the First Consul said: Newton has spoken of God in his b ook. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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