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Pierre-Simon Laplace - Lagrange, also present (or to...
Lagrange, also present (or to whom Napoleon repeated Laplace's reply, in another version), then commented: "Ah ! C'est une belle hypothèse; ça explique beaucoup de choses." (Pierre-Simon Laplace)

Lagrange, also present (or to whom Napoleon repeated Laplace's reply, in another version), then commented: "Ah ! C'est une belle hypothèse; ça explique beaucoup de choses."

Pierre-Simon Laplace

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