Laplace, the astronomer, was still at work when death caught up with him at 78.

法国天文学家拉普拉斯78岁死时还在工作着。

Laplace's determinism was incomplete in two ways.

拉普拉斯的决定论在两个方面是不完整的。

In mathematics do you look upon Euler, Laplace, or Gauss as fools?

在数学上， 你把欧拉、拉普拉斯或高斯看成傻瓜吗？

That's partly because of something called the Law of Laplace, which basically says that the more curved a stretchy surface is, the harder it squeezes the fluid inside.

这有一部分是因为拉普拉斯定律。它的基本原理是，一个有弹性的表面弯曲得越厉害，它就越难挤压里面的流体。

Laplace would have found it child's-play to fix a ratio of progression in mathematical science between Descartes, Leibnitz, Newton, and himself. Watt could have given in pounds the increase of power between Newcomen's engines and his own.

拉普拉斯会发现确定笛卡尔、莱布尼茨、牛顿和他自己在数学科学中的进步比例是儿戏。瓦特本可以以磅为单位给出 Newcomen 的发动机和他自己的发动机之间的功率增加。