Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon Laplace is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.
More from Pierre-Simon Laplace (4 quotes) →More quotes by Pierre-Simon Laplace
- “Probability theory is nothing more than common sense reduced to calculation. -1819”Pierre-Simon Laplace
- “We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its antecedent state and as the cause o…”Pierre-Simon Laplace
- “[Science] dissipates errors born of ignorance about our true relations with nature, errors the more damaging…”Pierre-Simon Laplace
Explore Astronomy
- “What has been done is little—scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a cen…”Agnes Mary Clerke
- “Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses:"1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil.2. K…”Arthur Conan Doyle
- “I knew there was a school where women could study astronomy. So... it never occurred to me that I couldn't be…”Vera Rubin
Mathematics: more sayings
- “We tend to teach mathematics as a long list of rules.You learn them in order and you have to obey them, becau…”Jordan Ellenberg
- “There have been numerous times when my career was supposed to be over because of mathematics, you know, age a…”Too Short
- “It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.”George Boole