Laplace's 1774 memoir on inverse probability (Q5916440)

The author discusses the first six sections of Laplace's ''Mémoire sur la probabilité des causes par les évènements'' and adduces their English translation. (Laplace devoted section 7, the last one, to differential equations.) Several authors, beginning with I. Todhunter, have commented on this seminal work of the great master. The author's achievement consists in presenting its full description in modern statistical language. He did not say, however, to what extent did Laplace use the findings of this ''Mémoire'' in his later works.