Charles coulston Gillispie, with the collaboration of Robert fox and Ivor Grattan-guinness. Pierre-Simon laplace, 1749–1827. A life in exact science. Princeton university press: Princeton, new jersey, 1998. Pp. XII+322. Isbn 0-691-10850-0. $49.50, £35.00 [Book Review]

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