Vols 2,3,4 (of 4) LaPlace Mecanique Celeste Bowditch Translation Astronomy Math

Description: VOLUMES 2,3,4 (OF 4) OF LAPLACE GREAT WORK ON CELESTIAL MECANIQUES TRANSLATED BY BOWDITCH -- EX-LIBRARY BUT CLEAN AND FRESH IN A MODERN TWO-TONE CLOTH BINDING. Mécanique céleste. /Pierre Simon Laplace, marquis de; Nathaniel Bowditch; N I Bowditch; James Brown; Charles C Little; Ira Berry; Lucius A Thomas; Robert W Macnair; I R Butts; Mary Bowditch; G F Storm; Gilbert Stuart; Mary E Lalanne1829-1839English Book Volumes 2,3,4 (of 4 volumes) : 3 portraits ; 30 cm.First edition of the first complete English translation, limited to 250 copies. In the original edition of the Traité de Mécanique Céleste, Laplace codified and developed the theories and achievements of Newton, Euler, d'Alembert, and Lagrange. He showed that the universe was really a great self-regulating machine and the whole solar system could continue on its existing plan for an immense period of time....Shipping Anywhere In The United States Media Mail $6; International Shipping $150 Please Note: We are happy to accept all forms of payment. Everything we sell is Returnable for any reason. We only ask for prompt notification, within 14 days. We generally do try to "combine shipping" when you purchase more than one item--except in cases of large lots or very heavy shipments. ON INTERNATIONAL ORDERS, WE DO REFUND ON OVERCHARGES!! Don't hesitate to ask for more info/detail on any of our listings. HOFFMAN BOOKS, ABAA, IOBA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPierre-Simon LaplacePierre-Simon Laplace as chancellor of the Senate under the First French EmpireBorn23 March 1749 Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, Kingdom of FranceDied5 March 1827 (aged 77) Paris, Kingdom of FranceAlma materUniversity of CaenKnown forshow Scientific careerFieldsAstronomy and MathematicsInstitutionsÉcole Militaire (1769–1776)Academic advisorsJean d'Alembert Christophe Gadbled Pierre Le CanuNotable studentsSiméon Denis Poisson Napoleon BonaparteMinister of the InteriorIn office 12 November 1799 – 25 December 1799Prime MinisterNapoleon Bonaparte (as First Consul)Preceded byNicolas Marie QuinetteSucceeded byLucien BonaparteSignaturePierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (/ləˈplɑːs/; French: [pjɛʁ simɔ̃ laplas]; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French scholar whose work was important to the development of engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, astronomy, and philosophy. He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five-volume Mécanique céleste (Celestial Mechanics) (1799–1825). This work translated the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus, opening up a broader range of problems. In statistics, the Bayesian interpretation of probability was developed mainly by Laplace.[2]Laplace formulated Laplace's equation, and pioneered the Laplace transform which appears in many branches of mathematical physics, a field that he took a leading role in forming. The Laplacian differential operator, widely used in mathematics, is also named after him. He restated and developed the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the Solar System and was one of the first scientists to suggest an idea similar to that of a black hole,[3] with Stephen Hawking stating that "Laplace essentially predicted the existence of black holes".[1]Laplace is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time. Sometimes referred to as the French Newton or Newton of France, he has been described as possessing a phenomenal natural mathematical faculty superior to that of almost all of his contemporaries.[4] He was Napoleon's examiner when Napoleon graduated from the École Militaire in Paris in 1785.[5] Laplace became a count of the Empire in 1806 and was named a marquis in 1817, after the Bourbon Restoration.

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