Pierre Simon Laplace, Inverse Probability, Central Limit Theorem, Probability, Deep Dives.
Pierre-Simon Marquis de Laplace (1749–1827) (CC BY-SA 4.0) Pierre-Simon Laplace was born in 1749 in a France that was very different from the kingdom from which his fellow countryman Abraham De Moivre had fled 60 years ago. De Moivre escaped from a country defined by the larger than life presence