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