Pierre-Simon Laplace

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace was a French polymath, a scholar whose work has been instrumental in the fields of physics, astronomy, mathematics, engineering, statistics, and philosophy. He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five-volume Mécanique céleste (1799–1825).

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Who was born first?

• Pierre-Simon Laplace and Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre were born the same year
• Pierre-Simon Laplace and Daniel Rutherford were born the same year
• Pierre-Simon Laplace and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were born the same year
• Pierre-Simon Laplace was born 1 year after Charles Blagden
• Pierre-Simon Laplace was born 1 year before Simon L'Huilier

Timeline

1. Charles BlagdenApril 17, 1748 – March 26, 1820
2. Daniel RutherfordNovember 3, 1749 – November 15, 1819
3. Jean-Baptiste Joseph DelambreSeptember 19, 1749 – August 19, 1822
4. Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
5. Pierre-Simon Laplace (this page)March 23, 1749 – March 5, 1827
6. Simon L'HuilierApril 24, 1750 – March 28, 1840

Related

• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716
• Carl Friedrich GaussApril 30, 1777 – February 23, 1855