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Quotes by "Pierre-Simon Laplace"

Napoleon, when hearing about Laplace's latest book, said, 'M. Laplace, they tell me you have written this large book on the system of the universe, and have never even mentioned its creator.' Laplace responds, 'Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là. (I had no need of that hypothesis.)
— Pierre-Simon Laplace
Tags: universe, science, naturalism, napoleon-the-great, napoleon-bonaparte, napoleon, humor, atheism, astronomy
Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all.
— Pierre-Simon Laplace
Tags: scientists, science, praise, mathematician, master, leonhard-euler, euler, compliment, admiration
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