Maupertuis
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 265 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 28,1698 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Saint-Malo |
| France | |
| Date of died | July 27,1759 |
| Died | Basel |
| Switzerland | |
| Known for | Principle of least action |
| Transmutation of species | |
| Principle of least action, precursor of transmutation | |
| Influenced by | Isaac Newton |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | |
| Institutions | Académie française |
| Prussian Academy of Sciences | |
| Job | Philosopher |
| Mathematician | |
| Physicist | |
| Astronomer | |
| Books | The Earthly Venus |
| The figure of the earth, determined from observations made by order of the French king, at the Polar Circle | |
| An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth: With Some Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New Theory of the Earth. Also an Examination of the Reflections on the Theory of the Earth, and a Defence of the Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New Theory | |
| The Impartial Philosopher: Or, the Philosophy of Common Sense. Written Originally in French, by the Marq. D'Argens, . . . Translated from the Last Edition. To which is Added, Mons. Maupertuis's Dissertation Upon Gravity, &c. In Two Volumes. . . . | |
| The Figure of the Earth, Determined from Observations Made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle: By Messrs de Maupertuis, Camus, Clairaut, Le Monnier, . . . the Abbé Outhier, . . . and Mr. Celsius, | |
| The Rudiments of Geography: From the French of M. Maupertuis | |
| Parents | René Moreau de Maupertuis |
| Influence | Isaac Newton |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | |
| René Descartes | |
| Nicolas Malebranche | |
| William Harvey | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 555609 |
Maupertuis Life story
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was 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, at the invitation of Frederick the Great.
