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1. Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749 - 1827) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Laplace/

   5 Mar 2026: Pierre-Simon Laplace's father, Pierre Laplace, was comfortably well off in the cider trade. ... show). Other pages about Pierre-Simon Laplace:. Other websites about Pierre-Simon Laplace:.

2. Pierre Simon de Laplace - RAS obituary - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Obituaries/Laplace_RAS/

   7 Jul 2025: de Laplace. No history of his scientific life, of the origin and development of his views, adequate to the occasion, could be included in such limits as those of this Report; ... Pierre Simon de Laplace's obituary appeared in Journal of the Royal

3. Laplace album page

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/Store/laplace.html

   22 Jul 2024: Click on a thumbnail to see the full image. Mozambique 2001.

4. Pierre Simon Laplace Birth/death dates: 23/03/1749 - 05/03/1827 Birth …

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/RSE/FRSE/Laplace/

   22 Aug 2022: Birth/death dates: 23/03/1749 - 05/03/1827. Birth place: Beaumont-En-Auge, Normandy, France. Elected: 25/01/1813. Profession: Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist. Type of fellowship: Honorary.

5. Laplace: "Mécanique Céleste" - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Laplace_mechanique_celeste/

   2 Jan 2026: Pierre-Simon Laplace published the first two volumes of Mécanique Céleste in 1799. ... In all the work consisted of five volumes. Nathaniel Bowditch translated Laplace's book into English and this English translation was published in 1829.

6. Pictures of Pierre-Simon Laplace - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Laplace/pictdisplay/

   5 Mar 2026: Caricature by B L Léopold.

7. Heinz Klaus Strick's histories - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Strick/

   24 Aug 2026: Every month for 20 years Heinz Klaus Strick produced a mathematical calendar page, illustrated with postage stamps from his extensive collection. These were published in the on-line magazine Spektrum. English translations of these were later

8. Linda Hall Library links - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miscellaneous/Linda_Hall_links/

   6 Sep 2026: The Linda Hall library is situated in Kansas City, Missouri and has an important collection of history of mathematics books. We have linked more than 250 of our biographies to their Scientist of the day feature curated by W B Ashworth Jr, as shown

9. Sci Hi blog links - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/SH/

   14 Apr 2026: The Sci Hi blog was a daily blog on science, technology and art in history which ran from 2014 to 2023. It has a good coverage of mathematics and astronomy. We have linked more than 250 of our biographies to articles in this blog as you can see below

10. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/BEA/

    3 Apr 2026: In 2007, Springer published a Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. About 360 mathematicians in our archive have entries in this. Click on the name for the MacTutor biography and on BEA for the Encyclopedia entry. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. J. K. L.