Book:Pierre-Simon de Laplace/Traité de Mécanique Céleste

Pierre-Simon de Laplace: Traité de Mécanique Céleste

Published $\text {1799 - 1825}$
In English:

Treatise on Celestial Mechanics

Subject Matter

• Celestial Mechanics

Demonstrates that the Newtonian mathematical model of the solar system is inherently stable.

Contents

5 volumes

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Critical View

Summed up the work on gravitation of the previous several generations. However, the author failed to acknowledge the sources of any of the work.

Also known as

Traité de Mécanique Céleste by Pierre-Simon de Laplace is also known simply as Mécanique Céleste.

Sources

• 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {A}.23$: Laplace ($\text {1749}$ – $\text {1827}$)
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Laplace, Pierre-Simon, Marquis de (1749-1827)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Laplace, Pierre-Simon, Marquis de (1749-1827)
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Laplace, Pierre-Simon, Marquis de (1749-1827)