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It was a series of books that Napoleon summoned up to read, demonstrating his interest in physics and engineering.
Do you know who summoned up these books to read them immediately? Because it's a series of books called Celestial Mechanics.
— Episode: Things You Thought You Knew – Planet X
Episode: Things You Thought You Knew – Planet X
It was a series of books that Napoleon summoned up to read, demonstrating his interest in physics and engineering.
Do you know who summoned up these books to read them immediately? Because it's a series of books called Celestial Mechanics.
Episode: Things You Thought You Knew – Planet X
It was a series of books that Napoleon summoned to be read immediately, and it was described as a beautiful piece of work on physics and engineering.
Do you know who summoned up these books to read them immediately? Because it's a series of books called Celestial Mechanics.
He reads it, goes to Laplace and says, Monsieur, this is a beautiful piece of work. Brilliant. But you make no mention of the architect of the system.