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English noun: Pierre Simon de Laplace

1. Pierre Simon de Laplace (person) French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827)


SynonymsLaplace, Marquis de Laplace


Instance hypernymastronomer, mathematician, stargazer, uranologist









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