Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1749-1827)

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke3793.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3793. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Celestial mechanician, born in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France, became professor of mathematics at the Ecole Militaire in Paris, examining the cadet Napoleon Bonaparte. This position made Laplace well known to people in positions of power, which he opportunistically exploited, becoming, under Napoleon, Minister of the Interior (Napoleon soon removed him from office `because he brought the spir...

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