'''Pierre Simon Laplace''' (Beaumont-en-Auge, 1749 - París, 1827) was a [[French]] [[astronomer]] and [[mathematician]]. His works are described in his five volume ''"Celestial Mechanics"'' (1799-1825).
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'''Pierre Simon Laplace''' (Beaumont-en-Auge, 1749 - París, 1827) was a [[French]] [[astronomer]] and [[mathematician]]. His works are described in his five volume ''"Celestial Mechanics"'' (1799-1825). French scientists, especially Laplace developed and systematized Newton's ideas into modern Classical mechanics in the late 18th century.
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* Man follows only phantoms.
* Man follows only phantoms.
* What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.
* What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.