Origin of Laplace Transform

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Is the Laplace transform the continuous version of the infinite power series?

$$ \sum_{n=0}^\infty a_nx^n$$ becomes $$\int_0^\infty f(t)e^{-st}dt$$

I learned this by watching this video lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2qulI6GEk.