Quotes by Pierre-Simon Laplace

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Your Excellency, I have no need of this hypothesis. — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Your Excellency, I have no need of this hypothesis. — Pierre-Simon Laplace
We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its antecedent state and as the cause of the state — Pierre-Simon Laplace
We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its antecedent state and as the cause of the state — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Probability theory is nothing more than common sense reduced to calculation. -1819 — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Probability theory is nothing more than common sense reduced to calculation. -1819 — Pierre-Simon Laplace
The ingenious method of expressing every possible number using a set of ten symbols (each symbol having a place value an — Pierre-Simon Laplace
The ingenious method of expressing every possible number using a set of ten symbols (each symbol having a place value an — Pierre-Simon Laplace