To Pierre-Simon Laplace who had given him a copy of his work 'Mécanique Céleste':
The first six months which I can spare will be employed in reading it.
Pierre-Simon Laplace 1749–1827: A Life in Exact Science (1997), Charles Coulston Gillispie
The first six months which I can spare will be employed in reading it.
Pierre-Simon Laplace 1749–1827: A Life in Exact Science (1997), Charles Coulston Gillispie