Pierre Simon Laplace 1749 1827

Author : Roger Hahn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674018923

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Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 by Roger Hahn Pdf

Often called the Newton of France, Pierre Simon Laplace has been called the greatest scientist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In this compact biography, Hahn illuminates the man in his historical setting. This book reflects a lifetime of thinking and research on a singularly important figure in the annals of Enlightenment science.

Author : Charles Coulston Gillispie
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691187983

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Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 by Charles Coulston Gillispie Pdf

Pierre-Simon Laplace was among the most influential scientists in history. Often referred to as the lawgiver of French science, he is known for his technical contributions to exact science, for the philosophical point of view he developed in the presentation of his work, and for the leading part he took in forming the modern discipline of mathematical physics. His two most famous treatises were the five-volume Traité de mécanique céleste (1799-1825) and Théorie analytique des probabilités (1812). In the former he demonstrated mathematically the stability of the solar system in service to the universal Newtonian law of gravity. In the latter he developed probability from a set of miscellaneous problems concerning games, averages, mortality, and insurance risks into the branch of mathematics that permitted the quantification of estimates of error and the drawing of statistical inferences, wherever data warranted, in social, medical, and juridical matters, as well as in the physical sciences. This book traces the development of Laplace's research program and of his participation in the Academy of Science during the last decades of the Old Regime into the early years of the French Revolution. A scientific biography by Charles Gillispie comprises the major portion of the book. Robert Fox contributes an account of Laplace's attempt to form a school of young physicists who would extend the Newtonian model from astronomy to physics, and Ivor Grattan-Guinness summarizes the history of the scientist's most important single mathematical contribution, the Laplace Transform.

Author : Charles Coulston Gillispie,Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000-02-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691050270

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Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 by Charles Coulston Gillispie,Ivor Grattan-Guinness Pdf

Pierre-Simon Laplace was among the most influential scientists in history. Often referred to as the lawgiver of French science, he is known for his technical contributions to exact science, for the philosophical point of view he developed in the presentation of his work, and for the leading part he took in forming the modern discipline of mathematical physics. His two most famous treatises were the five-volume Traité de mécanique céleste (1799-1825) and Théorie analytique des probabilités (1812). In the former he demonstrated mathematically the stability of the solar system in service to the universal Newtonian law of gravity. In the latter he developed probability from a set of miscellaneous problems concerning games, averages, mortality, and insurance risks into the branch of mathematics that permitted the quantification of estimates of error and the drawing of statistical inferences, wherever data warranted, in social, medical, and juridical matters, as well as in the physical sciences. This book traces the development of Laplace's research program and of his participation in the Academy of Science during the last decades of the Old Regime into the early years of the French Revolution. A scientific biography by Charles Gillispie comprises the major portion of the book. Robert Fox contributes an account of Laplace's attempt to form a school of young physicists who would extend the Newtonian model from astronomy to physics, and Ivor Grattan-Guinness summarizes the history of the scientist's most important single mathematical contribution, the Laplace Transform.

Author : Walter William Rouse Ball
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Mathematicians
ISBN : UOM:39015065517024

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A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by Walter William Rouse Ball Pdf

Author : Francois Tisserand
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0342224352

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Traité de Mécanique Céleste; by Francois Tisserand Pdf

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Author : Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547642589

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A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities by Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace Pdf

"A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities" by Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace (translated by Frederick Wilson Truscott, Frederick Lincoln Emory). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Pierre Simon de Marquis Laplace,Thomas Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1821
Category : Celestial mechanics
ISBN : NYPL:33433066413059

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Elementary Illustrations of the Celestial Mechanics of Laplace by Pierre Simon de Marquis Laplace,Thomas Young Pdf

Author : Pierre-Simon Laplace
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1998-03-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0387943498

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Pierre-Simon Laplace Philosophical Essay on Probabilities by Pierre-Simon Laplace Pdf

Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) is remembered amoung probabilitists today particularly for his "Theorie analytique des probabilites", published in 1812. The "Essai philosophique dur les probabilites" is his introduction for the second edition of this work. Here Laplace provided a popular exposition on his "Theorie". The "Essai", based on a lecture on probability given by Laplace in 1794, underwent sweeping changes, almost doubling in size, in the various editions published during Laplace's lifetime. Translations of various editions in different languages have apeared over the years. The only English translation of 1902 reads awkwardly today. This is a thorough and modern translation based on the recent re-issue, with its voluminous notes, of the fifth edition of 1826, with preface by Rene Thom and postscript by Bernard Bru. In the second part of the book, the reader is provided with an extensive commentary by the translator including valuable histographical and mathematical remarks and various proofs.

Author : Pierre-Simon Laplace
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461241843

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Pierre-Simon Laplace Philosophical Essay on Probabilities by Pierre-Simon Laplace Pdf

Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) is remembered among probabilitists today particularly for his "Theorie analytique des probabilites", published in 1812. The "Essai philosophique dur les probabilites" is his introduction for the second edition of this work. Here Laplace provided a popular exposition on his "Theorie". The "Essai", based on a lecture on probability given by Laplace in 1794, underwent sweeping changes, almost doubling in size, in the various editions published during Laplace's lifetime. Translations of various editions in different languages have apeared over the years. The only English translation of 1902 reads awkwardly today. This is a thorough and modern translation based on the recent re-issue, with its voluminous notes, of the fifth edition of 1826, with preface by Rene Thom and postscript by Bernard Bru. In the second part of the book, the reader is provided with an extensive commentary by the translator including valuable histographical and mathematical remarks and various proofs.

Author : Mary Somerville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : HARVARD:32044060017837

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Mechanism of the Heavens by Mary Somerville Pdf

Author : Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : WISC:89073640716

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The System of the World by Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace Pdf

Author : Robert Stawell Ball
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1093611340

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Great Astronomers by Robert Stawell Ball Pdf

Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (/ləˈplɑːs/; 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

Author : Pierre-Simon Laplace
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547317685

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A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities by Pierre-Simon Laplace Pdf

"A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities" is the work by award winning mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace on the mathematical theory of probability. Probability is the branch of mathematics concerning numerical descriptions of how likely an event is to occur, or how likely it is that a proposition is true. Probability theory is used widely in areas of study such as statistics, mathematics, science, finance, gambling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer science, game theory, and philosophy to, for example, draw inferences about the expected frequency of events. Laplace's book consists of two parts under the headings, "A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities" and, "Application of the Calculus of Probabilities."

Author : Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : Capillarity
ISBN : UCAL:B4250909

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The Mechanics of Laplace by Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace Pdf

Author : Helge Kragh,G. Vanpaemel,Pierre Marage
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121901032

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History of Modern Physics by Helge Kragh,G. Vanpaemel,Pierre Marage Pdf

Addressing modern physics in its largest perspective, the present volume, which includes 34 contributions, begins with a reappraisal of classical science. However, the stress is placed on the contemporary period with sections devoted to thermodynamics and mechanics, the centenary of the electron, Einstein, the quantum theory and particle physics.