Pierre Louis Maupertuis
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
Maupertuis, wearing "lapmudes" from his Lapland expedition
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a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the Director of the Académie des Sciences, and the first President of the Prussian Academy of Science
Born
17 July 1698 Saint-Malo, France
Died
27 July 1759 (aged 60) Basel, Switzerland
Known for
Principle of least action, precursor of transmutation
Fields
Mathematics, physics, biology, metaphysic, moral philosophy, astronomy, geography
Institutions
French Academy, Berlin Academy
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France
era
1600-1800
Influenced
Euler, Buffon, Diderot, Kant, du Châtelet
Influences
Leibniz, Newton, Descartes, Malebranche, Harvey, Berkeley