Title

Pierre Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer, (1833).Artist: J Posselwhite

Caption

Pierre Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer, (1833). Laplace's (1749-1827) five-volume Mecanique celeste, (Celestial Mechanics, 1799-1825) was the greatest work on celestial mechanics since Newton's Principia.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1833

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C15_216

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,8Mb (3,5Mb) / 12,5in x 15,5in / 3756 x 4638 (300dpi)

Keywords

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