Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all. Author: Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Quote More from Pierre-Simon Laplace “Napoleon, when hearing about Laplace's latest book, said, 'M. Laplace, they tel…” “Your Excellency, I have no need of this hypothesis.” “What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.” “Give me the positions and velocities of all the particles in the universe, and …”