Pierre-Simon Laplace | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:37 1 Early years
00:07:40 2 Analysis, probability, and astronomical stability
00:08:49 2.1 Stability of the Solar System
00:11:38 3 Tidal dynamics
00:11:47 3.1 Dynamic theory of tides
00:13:24 3.2 Laplace's tidal equations
00:16:42 4 On the figure of the Earth
00:17:28 4.1 Spherical harmonics
00:20:00 4.2 Potential theory
00:23:28 5 Planetary and lunar inequalities
00:23:38 5.1 Jupiter–Saturn great inequality
00:25:32 5.2 Books
00:29:33 6 Black holes
00:29:56 7 Arcueil
00:30:43 8 Analytic theory of probabilities
00:32:19 8.1 Inductive probability
00:36:39 8.2 Probability-generating function
00:37:29 8.3 Least squares and central limit theorem
00:39:52 9 Laplace's demon
00:41:23 10 Laplace transforms
00:43:11 11 Other discoveries and accomplishments
00:43:21 11.1 Mathematics
00:44:27 11.2 Surface tension
00:44:45 11.3 Speed of sound
00:45:23 12 Politics
00:45:32 12.1 Minister of the Interior
00:47:25 12.2 From Bonaparte to the Bourbons
00:49:36 12.3 Political philosophy
00:52:14 13 Death
00:52:54 14 Religious opinions
00:53:04 14.1 iI had no need of that hypothesis/i
00:58:43 14.2 Views on God
01:03:48 14.3 Excommunication of a comet
01:04:38 15 Honors
01:05:26 16 Quotations
01:07:06 17 Bibliography
01:07:33 17.1 English translations
01:09:33 18 See also
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Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (; French: [pjɛʁ simɔ̃ laplas]; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French scholar whose work was important to the development of engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy. He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five-volume Mécanique Céleste (Celestial Mechanics) (1799–1825). This work translated the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus, opening up a broader range of problems. In statistics, the Bayesian interpretation of probability was developed mainly by Laplace.Laplace formulated Laplace's equation, and pioneered the Laplace transform which appears in many branches of mathematical physics, a field that he took a leading role in forming. The Laplacian differential operator, widely used in mathematics, is also named after him. He restated and developed the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the Solar System and was one of the first scientists to postulate the existence of black holes and the notion of gravitational collapse.
Laplace is remembered as one of the greatest scientists of all time. Sometimes referred to as the French Newton or Newton of France, he has been described as possessing a phenomenal natural mathematical faculty superior to that of any of his contemporaries.
He was Napoleon's examiner when Napoleon attended the Ecole Militaire in Paris in 1784.
Laplace became a count of the Empire in 1806 and was named a marquis in 1817, after the Bourbon Restoration.