Pierre-Simon Laplace1796
Laplace discusses bodies so massive that their escape velocity exceeds the speed of light, an early Newtonian precursor to the black-hole concept.
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Laplace discusses bodies so massive that their escape velocity exceeds the speed of light, an early Newtonian precursor to the black-hole concept.
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