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  1. 1781-1840. French applied mathematician. In
  2. probability theory he formulated the Poisson
  3. distribution, which is widely used in
  4. probability calculations. He published four
  5. treatises and several papers on aspects of
  6. physics, including mechanics, heat,
  7. electricity and magnetism, elasticity, and
  8. astronomy.
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