Everything is so arranged that the blind logic of mathematics executes the will of the most enlightened and free Mind. - Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

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Everything is so arranged that the blind logic of mathematics executes the will of the most enlightened and free Mind.

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About Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (July 17, 1698 – July 27, 1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the Director of the Académie des Sciences, and the first President of the Berlin Academy of Science, at the invitation of Frederick the Great. Maupertuis made an expedition to Lapland to determine the shape of the earth. He is often credited with having invented the principle of least action.

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Native Name: Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Alternative Names: Pierre Louis Maupertuis de Maupertuis,P.L.M.
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Now I have to define what I mean by "action". When a material body is transported from one point to another, it involves an action that depends on the speed of the body and on the distance it travels. However, the action is neither the speed nor the distance taken separately; rather, it is proportional to the sum of the distances travelled multiplied each by the speed at which they were travelled.

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