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Pierre-Simon Laplace

Born on March 23, 1749

277

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The 278th anniversary falls on March 23, 2027, in 170 days.

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (French:; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French polymath, a scholar whose work has been instrumental in the fields of physics, astronomy, mathematics, engineering, statistics, and philosophy.

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