Maupertius, Pierre Louis (1698 - 1759)

Maupertius was a French mathematician and philsopher who served as the Director of the Academie des Sciences and the President of the Prussian Academy of Science. His principle of least action states that in all natural phenomena action tends to be minimized.

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Stamp	Description
	France, 3fr, 1986 Scott: 2016 A1065