Laplacian Determinacy

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Laplacian Determinacy A Certain Mistake
Pierre Simon Laplace - 1776 An intelligence
that knows all of the relations of the entities
of the universe at one instant could state
their positions, motions, and general effects any
instant in the past of future.
Henri Poincare 1903 Small differences in the
initial conditions can produce very great ones
in the final phenomena prediction Then becomes
impossible (1st recognition of chaos).
Werner Heisenberg 1924 There is a fundamental
limit on the accuracy to which position and
velocity can be determined.
Stephen Hawking 1988 In the cosmology of the
Big Bang and Black Holes, space and time
themselves break down at short distances.