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Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis bol francúzsky filozof, matematik a prírodovedec. Bol riaditeľom francúzskej Akadémie vied. Pripisuje sa mu objav princípu najmenšej akcie. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. júl 1698 – 27. júl 1759
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“Everything is so arranged that the blind logic of mathematics executes the will of the most enlightened and free Mind.”

Les Loix du Mouvement et du Repos, déduites d'un Principe Métaphysique (1746)

“When a change occurs in Nature, the quantity of action necessary for that change is as small as possible.”

Les Loix du Mouvement et du Repos, déduites d'un Principe Métaphysique (1746)

“After so many great men have worked on this subject, I almost do not dare to say that I have discovered the universal principle upon which all these laws are based, a principle that covers both elastic and inelastic collisions and describes the motion and equilibrium of all material bodies.
This is the principle of least action, a principle so wise and so worthy of the supreme Being, and intrinsic to all natural phenomena; one observes it at work not only in every change, but also in every constancy that Nature exhibits. In the collision of bodies, motion is distributed such that the quantity of action is as small as possible, given that the collision occurs. At equilibrium, the bodies are arranged such that, if they were to undergo a small movement, the quantity of action would be smallest.
The laws of motion and equilibrium derived from this principle are exactly those observed in Nature. We may admire the applications of this principle in all phenomena: the movement of animals, the growth of plants, the revolutions of the planets, all are consequences of this principle. The spectacle of the universe seems all the more grand and beautiful and worthy of its Author, when one considers that it is all derived from a small number of laws laid down most wisely. Only thus can we gain a fitting idea of the power and wisdom of the supreme Being, not from some small part of creation for which we know neither the construction, usage, nor its relationship to other parts. What satisfaction for the human spirit in contemplating these laws of motion and equilibrium for all bodies in the universe, and in finding within them proof of the existence of Him who governs the universe!”

Les Loix du Mouvement et du Repos, déduites d'un Principe Métaphysique (1746)

“Nature always uses the simplest means to accomplish its effects.”

Formulation of the principle of least action, as stated in Mémoires de l'académie royale des sciences (Accord between different laws of Nature that seemed incompatible), 1748, 417-426 (15 April 1744).