Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (/ˌmoʊpərˈtwiː/; French: [mopɛʁtɥi]; 1698 – 27 July 1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters...

Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (/də ˈbroʊɡli/, also US: /də broʊˈɡliː, də ˈbrɔɪ/; French: [də bʁɔj] or [də bʁœj] ; 15 August 1892 – 19...

In classical mechanics, Maupertuis's principle (named after Pierre Louis Maupertuis, 1698 – 1759) states that the path followed by a physical system is...

Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759) was a French mathematician and philosopher. Maupertuis may also refer to: Maupertuis Bay, a bay on Kangaroo Island...

astronomer Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759). Maupertuis is a crater of Lower (Early) Imbrian age. Asteroid 3281 Maupertuis "Rimae Maupertuis". Gazetteer...

are summarized below. In classical mechanics, Maupertuis's principle (named after Pierre Louis Maupertuis) states that the path followed by a physical...

figure of the Revolution Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet (1765–1854), fought in the American Revolutionary War Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759), French...

that the inscriptions were not of runic character. Celsius and Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759) visited the stone around 11 April 1737, during their...

and least time. Building on the early work of Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Leonhard Euler, and Joseph Louis Lagrange defining versions of principle of least...

1736, aged only 20. He was chosen in the same year to accompany Pierre Louis Maupertuis and Alexis Clairaut on their geodetical expedition for measuring...

measurements near the Arctic Circle. The expedition to Meänmaa was led by Pierre Louis Maupertuis. As Swedish representative, professor Anders Celsius joined the...

he was made professor of hydrography at Le Havre, and succeeded Pierre Louis Maupertuis as associate geometer of the Academy of Sciences. He also invented...

the French Academy of Sciences, led by the French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759) to measure a degree of latitude. The aim of the expedition...

unavailable to 18th- and 19th-century minds. In the mid-1700s, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, a French scholar now known primarily for his work in mathematics...

Paris, and it is likely that during this time he made the acquaintance of Maupertuis and the Marquise de Châtelet. It was in these years, during an attack...

western businessmen have to use the Cohong in Guangzhou to trade. Pierre Louis Maupertuis publishes Sur la figure de la terre, which confirms Newton's view...

Friedrich von Bielfeld, German writer and statesman (behind him) Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (behind him, looking up)...

action by Pierre Louis Maupertuis and Leonhard Euler, and in the development of quantum mechanics by Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg and Louis de Broglie...

across the world. Later on, in the 1740s, the French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis arrived at the idea that all organisms had a common ancestor, and...

considered papers regarding elastic bodies, for which the prize was awarded to Pierre Mazière. Bernoulli received an honourable mention in both competitions....

description of the Andromeda Galaxy based on telescopic observations. Pierre Louis Maupertuis conjectured in 1745 that the blurry spot was an island universe...

same year joint mechanician to that body. In 1736 he accompanied Pierre Louis Maupertuis and Alexis Clairaut in the expedition to Lapland for the measurement...

expedition (1736–1737) was led by a member of the Académie française, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, who came to take meridian arc measurements along the Meänmaa which...

Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan, Henri François d'Aguesseau, Alexis...

notably Leonhard Euler, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Alexis-Claude Clairaut, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Pierre-Simon de Laplace. Laplace's...

principle of least action which had been studied earlier by Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Euler, Joseph Louis Lagrange and others. Hamilton's analysis uncovered a...

recent classical arguments were reintroduced in the 18th century by Pierre Louis Maupertuis and others, including Darwin's grandfather, Erasmus Darwin. Until...

1943–2004) Edward Walter Maunder (United Kingdom, 1851–1928) Pierre Louis Maupertuis (France, 1698–1759) Alain Maury (France, 1958–) Antonia Maury (United...

Voltaire titled Doctor Akakia to be publicly burnt as it insulted Pierre Louis Maupertuis, the president of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin, of...

Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (b. c. 1648) 1759 – Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698) 1770 – Robert Dinwiddie...