Joseph Louis Lagrange, quoted by F. R. Moulton: An Introduction to Astronomy (New York, 1906), p. 199
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Newton was the greatest genius that ever existed, and the most fortunate, for we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish.
— Joseph Louis Lagrange on Isaac Newton
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About Joseph Louis Lagrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange, comte de l'Empire (January 25, 1736 ā April 10, 1813) was an Italian-French mathematician and astronomer who made important contributions to all fields of analysis and number theory and to classical and celestial mechanics.
About Joseph Louis Lagrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange, comte de l'Empire (January 25, 1736 ā April 10, 1813) was an Italian-French mathematician and astronomer who made important contributions to all fields of analysis and number theory and to classical and celestial mechanics.
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