Laplace
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- proper noun
- /ləˈplæs/
- The exchange between Pierre-Simon Laplace and Napoleon, though apocryphal, captures the essence of this belief.
- Pierre-Simon Laplace
- Simon Laplace
- Laplace Nebular Hypothesis
Examples
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Pierre-Simon Laplace made significant contributions to the field of statistics.
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I would like you to meet Professor Laplace.
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As Laplace said, "I have no need of that hypothesis."
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Progress on the subject has been made by jumps, sometimes huge, as was the one made by Laplace and Young 200 years ago.
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Writing 70 years later, Maxwell described Laplace's contribution as "an example which has never been surpassed."
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Laplace's ideas were further amplified by Adolphe Quetelet, who was a student of Joseph.
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In the late eighteenth century, the French mathematician Pierre-Simon de Laplace invented perturbation theory; see "Going Ballistic," by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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In his work on the nebular hypothesis, Laplace proposed how the solar system formed.
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The famous mathematician and astronomer Laplace had a profound influence on modern physics.
Synonyms
A French scientist famous for ideas about probability and the solar system forming from a cloud of gas
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Laplace comes from the French parts la 'the' and place 'place', a word for a town square, and it was the family name of the French scientist Pierre-Simon Laplace. That's why his equations and ideas are named after him.