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Pierre-Simon Laplace
(23 Mar 1749 - 5 Mar 1827)
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Ce que nous connaissons est peu de chose; ce que nous ignorons est immense.
What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.
Commonly said to be his last words. However, different true last words are stated by Augustus De Morgan.
What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.
Commonly said to be his last words. However, different true last words are stated by Augustus De Morgan.
— Pierre-Simon Laplace
L’homme ne poursuit que des chimères.
Man follows only phantoms.
Man follows only phantoms.
— Pierre-Simon Laplace
Lisez Euler, lisez Euler, c’est notre maître à tous.
(Read Euler, read Euler, he is our master in everything.)
(Read Euler, read Euler, he is our master in everything.)
— Pierre-Simon Laplace
Napoleon: M. Laplace, they tell me you have written this large book [Système du Monde] on the system of the universe, and have never even mentioned its Creator.
Laplace: I have no need for this hypothesis. (Je n’avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là.)
Laplace: I have no need for this hypothesis. (Je n’avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là.)
— Pierre-Simon Laplace
See also:
- 23 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Laplace's birth.
- Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827, by Charles Coulston Gillispie. - book suggestion.