It should be remembered that all degrees of arithmetical aptitude are found in the human races, from the genius of a Newton and a laplace to the absolute inability of certain of the Hottentots to count to three.
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon
laplace, however, showed that if the satellites revolved nearly in this way, then their mutual perturbations, in accordance with the law of gravitation, would preserve them in this relative position for ever.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
A hundred years have passed since laplace, with some diffidence, set forth his hypothesis as to the mode of formation of the solar system.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball