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Pierre-Simon Laplace 1749-1827: A Life in Exact Science

Door Charles Coulston Gillispie

Categorie
Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer
#351648-ZB16
Titel
Pierre-Simon Laplace 1749-1827: A Life in Exact Science
Auteur
Gillispie, Charles Coulston
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Princeton University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2000
ISBN10
0691050279
ISBN13
9780691050270
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Pierre-Simon Laplace was among the most influential scientists in history. Often referred to as the lawgiver of French science, he is known for his technical contributions to exact science, for the philosophical point of view he developed in the presentation of his work, and for the leading part he took in forming the modern discipline of mathematical physics. His two most famous treatises were the five-volume Traite de mecanique celeste (1799-1825) and Theorie analytique des probabilites (1812). In the former he demonstrated mathematically the stability of the solar system in service to the universal Newtonian law of gravity. In the latter he developed probability from a set of miscellaneous problems concerning games, averages, mortality, and insurance risks into the branch of mathematics... (Lees verder) that permitted the quantification of estimates of error and the drawing of statistical inferences, wherever data warranted, in social, medical, and juridical matters, as well as in the physical sciences. This book traces the development of Laplace's research program and of his participation in the Academy of Science during the last decades of the Old Regime into the early years of the French Revolution. A scientific biography by Charles Gillispie comprises the major portion of the book. Robert Fox contributes an account of Laplace's attempt to form a school of young physicists who would extend the Newtonian model from astronomy to physics, and Ivor Grattan-Guinness summarizes the history of the scientist's most important single mathematical contribution, the Laplace Transform.
Pagina's
322
Conditie
Goed — Side cut slightly finger soiled.
Prijs
€ 25,00

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