They asked Laplace who, in his opinion, was the greatest ma… - Pierre-Simon Laplace

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They asked Laplace who, in his opinion, was the greatest mathematician of Germany. "It's Pfaff," he answered. - "I thought," the questioner replied, "that Gauss was superior to him." - "But," exclaimed Laplace, "you're asking me who is the greatest mathematician of Germany, and Gauss is the greatest mathematician of Europe."

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Pierre-Simon Laplace (23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French mathematician and astronomer, discoverer of the Laplace transform and Laplace's equation.

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Native Name: Pierre Simon Laplace

Alternative Names: Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace • Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace • Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace • Pierre-Simon de Laplace • Laplace • P.S. de Laplace • P.-S. de Laplace

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Ce que nous connaissons est peu de chose, ce que nous ignorons est immense.

Imaginary causes have gradually receded with the widening bounds of knowledge and disappear entirely before sound philosophy, which sees in them only the expression of our ignorance of the true causes.

[Sire,] je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là.

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