Napoleon really was into this stuff, Mascheroni dedicated a book to him & there’s a famous anecdote that Laplace told him they expected everything from him exce

Napoleon really was into this stuff, Mascheroni dedicated a book to him & there’s a famous anecdote that Laplace told him they expected everything from him except lessons in geometry. https://perso.ens-lyon.fr/ghys/2021/05/17/1952/ https://perso.ens-lyon.fr/ghys/2021/05/17/1952/