Talk:Pierre-Simon Laplace

celestial mechanics
Could we have more on his celestial mechanics? Charles Matthews 15:21, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Express evidence that Laplace saw himself as an atheist, rather than a deist or agnostic. for example, should be supplied. It will be difficult to come by for anyone favored by the Restoration Bourbons, of course...

The famous anecdote about Napoleon and the Celestial Mechanics is not sufficient. Septentrionalis 15:35, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

creationist slant?
The last paragraph seems a bit off-topic and seems to be trying to inject a creationist argument.Blaise 08:28, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * You mean, I suppose, the following sentence, which is unsourced, unevidenced, and (to my mind) unlikely. I have removed it:
 * Predicting the rise of life in the universe, for example, requires vastly more data than this, and so, according to the theory, is computationally infeasible to predict. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmanderson (talk • contribs) 16:51, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Mass of Saturn
Can we see his calculation of the mass of Saturn? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.122.21.78 (talk) 11:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

revolution
What part did he play in reducing violence? None and that should be stated — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.56.224.34 (talk) 17:18, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Optics
Before the 1800, Laplace was the main reference with respect to optics. This article barely says anything about it aside from the black hole anecdotes. ReyHahn (talk) 12:25, 25 March 2024 (UTC)