Maupertius

Suddenly a loud and derisive laugh was heard, and a powerful voice cried out: "Look at the spirit of Maupertius, which is dissolving into smoke!

Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843

Leading readers on a journey through scientific attempts to envision the best of all possible worlds, from Galileo to superstring theory, Ekeland explores the legacy of the theory of optimization—first proposed by French physicist Maupertius and later expanded on and revised by Leibniz—which holds that any system will always operate in the most efficient means possible.

The Chicago Blog: October 2006 Archives 2006

Leading readers on a journey through scientific attempts to envision the best of all possible worlds, from Galileo to superstring theory, Ekeland explores the legacy of the theory of optimization—first proposed by French physicist Maupertius and later expanded on and revised by Leibniz—which holds that any system will always operate in the most efficient means possible.

The Chicago Blog: Press Release: Ekeland, The Best of All Possible Worlds 2006

Monsieur de Maupertius (whom I hope you will get acquainted with) is, what one rarely meets with, deep in philosophy and, mathematics, and yet honnete et aimable homme: Algarotti is young Fontenelle.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Pangenesis would have been obscured in the great debate that followed between epigenesis preformation had it not been for Maupertius and Buffon in the second half of the century.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas PETER VORZIMMER 1968

He even essayed to write French verse and was anxious to found academies at Berlin which should rival those of Paris, and he invited Frenchmen like Voltaire and Maupertius to his Court to found and conduct them.

France Through Canadian Eyes 1917

Carlyle's _History of Frederick the Great_ remembers the petty squabbles of Voltaire, Maupertius, and the other thinkers who moved about the person of that famous prince.

Mushrooms on the Moor Frank Boreham 1915

I think your conjecture that the periodical variation of light in certain fixed stars proceeds from maculæ, is more probable than that of Maupertius, who supposes those bodies May be flat, and more probable also than that which supposes the star to have an orbit of revolution so large as to vary sensibly its degree of light.

The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia 1900

But so outspoken had St. - Pierre been against corruption in high places, that Maupertius, his Successor at the Academy, was not permitted to pronounce his ELOGE; nor was it until thirty-two years after his death that this honour was done to his memory by D'Alembert.

Character Samuel Smiles 1858

Descartes, Maupertius, La Rochefoucauld, Lacepede, Lamark, were soldiers in the early part of their respective lives.

Character Samuel Smiles 1858