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A PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY ON PROBABILITIES

A PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY ON PROBABILITIESA PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY ON PROBABILITIES

By Pierre-Simon Laplace
Read by Charles Armstrong
5 hours 03 minutes


Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827) is often described as the ‘French Newton’, though he lived a century later.His working life took him through the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era – during which he enjoyed various political positions – and afterwards, to the Bourbon Restoration. Continue Reading →