Pierre Simon Laplace 1749 - 1827
- occupation:
- Mathematician & physicist
- Nationality:
- French
- born in:
- Beaumont-en-Auge, Calvados, France
Worked on mathematical astronomy summarizing & extending research of earlier mathematicians in his five volume Mécanique Céleste (Celestial Mechanics) (1799-1825). Important as it translated the geometrical study of mechanics used by Newton, based on calculus