The work of the Marquis de Laplace (1749–1827) was enormously influential on the development of mathematical physics, astronomy and statistics. His Exposition du système du monde (first published in 1796) is often regarded as the most important book on mechanics after Newton's Principia Mathema...

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Main Author:	Laplace, Pierre Simon 1749-1827 (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	French
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009
Series:	Cambridge library collection. Mathematics
Subjects:	Astronomy Weltsystem Sonnensystem
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-92 Volltext
Summary:	The work of the Marquis de Laplace (1749–1827) was enormously influential on the development of mathematical physics, astronomy and statistics. His Exposition du système du monde (first published in 1796) is often regarded as the most important book on mechanics after Newton's Principia Mathematica, and the elegance and clarity of its style won Laplace a seat in the Académie Française. The book, which was translated into English in 1809, was intended to 'offer a complete solution of the great mechanical problem presented by the solar system'. It was in this work that Laplace offered his nebular hypothesis, which proposed that the solar system originated from the contraction and cooling of a cloud of incandescent gas. The book, here in its second edition of 1799, is an introduction to Laplace's multi-volume masterpiece, the Traité de Mécanique Céleste, of which Mary Somerville's English version is also reissued in this series
Item Description:	Originally published in Paris : Crapelet, 1799. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 351 pages)
ISBN:	9780511693335
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511693335