“ We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its antecedent state and as the cause of the state that is to follow. An intelligence knowing all the forces acting in nature at a… Pierre-Simon Laplace
“ The ingenious method of expressing every possible number using a set of ten symbols (each symbol having a place value and an absolute value) emerged in India. The idea seems so simple nowadays that it… Pierre-Simon Laplace
“ Probability theory is nothing more than common sense reduced to calculation. -1819 Pierre-Simon Laplace
“ [Science] dissipates errors born of ignorance about our true relations with nature, errors the more damaging in that the social order should rest only on those relations. TRUTH! JUSTICE! Those are the… Pierre-Simon Laplace
