Pierre Simon Laplace, Inverse Probability, Central Limit Theorem, Probability, Deep Dives.
Minard’s depiction in 1869 of Napolean’s 1812 march on Moscov and subsequent retreat linked to a graph of temperature By April 1814, Napoleon was packing his suitcase for an exile to Elba. Meanwhile in Paris, Laplace (or what is more likely, his publisher) wisely decided to publish the 1814 edition