Marquis de Laplace

Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Théorie analytique des probabilités (Paris, 1812); is found in A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities, trans.

CHANCE MAURICE KENDALL 1968

At the same time, the Marquis de Laplace was working on a new theory of creation, which made the earth a little blotch in the nebulous sea out of which the planetary system had been formed and Bunsen and Kirchhoff, by the use of the spectroscope, were investigating the chemical composition of the stars and of our good neighbour, the sun, whose curious spots had first been noticed by Galileo.

The Story of Mankind 1921

Exposition du système du monde (included in OEuvres Complètes), by M. le Marquis de Laplace, vol. VI., p. 498.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904

The Marquis de Laplace, peer of France, one of the forty of the French Academy, member of the Academy of Sciences and of the Bureau des Longitudes, an associate of all the great Academies or Scientific Societies of Europe, was born at Beaumont-en-Auge of parents belonging to the class of small farmers, on the 28th of March, 1749; he died on the 5th of March, 1827.

Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Arago, Francois 1859

The Marquis de Laplace, peer of France, one of the forty of the French

Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Baden Powell 1819

German philosopher Immanuel Kant was convinced of this, as was the French nobleman and mathematician the Marquis de Laplace.

COSMOS magazine - The science of everything 2010

The Marquis de Laplace, a mathematician and astronomer who served briefly as France’s minister of the interior, exulted, Napoleon the Great has brought half of Europe under his sway, his shining example exercises the most fortunate influence on the other half.

The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

And here it was right before my eyes -- four enormous volumes, -- "Mécanique Céleste, by the Marquis de Laplace, Peer of

The Reminiscences of an Astronomer Simon Newcomb 1872