(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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To this Laplace is said to have replied: Fi rst Citizen Consul, I have not had need of that hypothesis. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Laplace in his statement of the nebular hypothesis made no mention of Kant. 李贝.西洋科学史.
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. 李贝.西洋科学史.