Pierre-Simon Laplace Quote

The regularity which astronomy shows us in the movements of the comets doubtless exists in all phenomena. The curve described by a simple molecule or air or vapour is regulated in a manner just as certain as the planetary orbits; the only difference between them is that which comes from our ignorance.


A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities, Chapter II (p. 6)


The regularity which astronomy shows us in the movements of the comets doubtless exists in all phenomena. The curve described by a simple molecule or ...

The regularity which astronomy shows us in the movements of the comets doubtless exists in all phenomena. The curve described by a simple molecule or ...

The regularity which astronomy shows us in the movements of the comets doubtless exists in all phenomena. The curve described by a simple molecule or ...

The regularity which astronomy shows us in the movements of the comets doubtless exists in all phenomena. The curve described by a simple molecule or ...