Portrait of Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827)
- Title
- Portrait of Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827)
- Collection
- Caltech Images Collection
- Series
- Fine Art Photographs
- Identifier
- FA-PR-0085
- Extents
- 1 photographs (negative)
- Abstract
- Engraved portrait of Pierre Simon Laplace, done by Tony Goutiere (1808-1890), after original done by French painter Jean-Claude Naigeon (1753-1832), as drawn by Mlle. Houssaye. The French mathematician and astronomer gave us the Laplacian differential operator in applied mathematics. Paris editor, Gauthier-Villars.