Exposition du système du monde

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Paris, Imprimerie de Crapelet, J.M. Duprat. As a curiosity, the publication date is listed as the year 1799, instead of Year VII, as indicated in other editions from the same year. 351 pages including the half-title and title page. Second edition "revised and enlarged by the author". The work was composed on the occasion of the lectures that Laplace gave in 1795 at the recently created École Normale. "The book that crowns Laplace's intentions as a scientist and as an author: to advance knowledge, share it and enthuse readers about the scientific vision of the world and well-conducted research. A true epitome of the scientific spirit of the Age of Enlightenment, it is not a popular book but a scientific book that had renounced the use of mathematical formalism. A book whose content gathered the legacy of progress made by astronomy and mechanics during the eighteenth century and presented Laplace's contributions to the study of universal gravitation.