Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pierre_simon_de_laplace

1 sense of pierre simon de laplace

Sense 1
Laplace, Marquis de Laplace, Pierre Simon de Laplace -- (French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827))
       INSTANCE OF=> mathematician -- (a person skilled in mathematics)
       INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)