KnowraPierre Louis MaupertuisLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Pierre Louis Maupertuis, each with the reason it gives.All 7Related 7Daniel BernoulliRelated: Bernoulli’s work on living forces informed debates about the conservation of motion.Principle of least actionRelated: He helped popularize action-based explanations of motion in the 1740s.Fermat's principleRelated: His work helped connect optical extremum principles with broader principles of mechanics.Émilie du ChâteletRelated: His Newtonian advocacy formed part of the scientific circle in which du Châtelet worked.Hamilton's principleRelated: His action-based proposal helped establish the historical setting for variational mechanics.Alexis ClairautRelated: Maupertuis’s expedition supplied measurements relevant to Clairaut’s theory of flattening.Georges-Louis LeclercRelated: Maupertuis’s work in mathematics and natural philosophy belonged to the same Parisian scientific world.