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Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

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French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters (*1698 – †1759)

Born 1698
Died 1759

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  • Cover of: uvres de Mr. de Maupertuis: Tome 1

    First published in 2001 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres...

    First published in 1965 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: oeuvres de Mr. de Maupertuis: Tome 2

    First published in 2001 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Discours sur les differentes figures des astres: ou l'on tire des conjectures fur les E'toiles qui paroiffent changer de grandeur & fur l'anneau de Saturne ...

    First published in 1732 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Dissertation physique à l'occasion du negre blanc

    First published in 1744 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Lettre sur la cométe.

    First published in 1742 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Venus physique: contenant deux dissertations, l'une, sur l'origine des hommes et des animaux, et l'autre, sur l'origine des noirs.

    First published in 1745 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Astronomie nautique, ou, Élémens d'astronomie: tant pour un observatoire fixe, que pour un observatoire mobile

    First published in 1743 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Dissertation physique à l'occasion du nègre blanc

    First published in 1980 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The earthly Venus.
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    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Essay de cosmologie

    First published in 1750 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: La figure de la terre: déterminée par les observations de Messieurs de Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, Le Monnier ... & de M. l'Abbé Outhier ... accompagnes de M. Celsius ... faites par ordre du roy au cercle polaire
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    First published in 1738 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres: avec l'Examen philosophique de la preuve de l'existence de Dieu employée dans l'essai de cosmologie

    First published in 1965 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: figure de la terre

    First published in 1738 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Discours sur la parallaxe de la Lune, pour perfectionner la théorie de la Lune et celle de la Terre

    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres de Maupertuis.

    First published in 1768 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: An essay towards a history of the principal comets that have appeared since the year 1742: including a particular detail of the return of the famous comet of 1682 in 1759, according to the calculation and prediction of Dr. Halley : compiled from the observations of the most eminent astronomers of this century : with remarks and reflections upon the present comet

    First published in 1769 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Astronomie nautique: ou élémens d'astronomie, tant pour un observatoire fixe, que pour un ...
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    First published in 1751 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Discours sur la parallaxe de la lune, pour perfectionner la théorie de la lune et celle de la terre

    First published in 1741 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Dissertation physique a l'occasion du negre blanc.

    First published in 1744 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters (*1698 – †1759)

Born 1698
Died 1759

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Science, Language and languages, Reproduction, Ethics, Geodesy, Figure, Origin, Human skin color, Black race, Human reproduction, Astronomy, Biology, Blacks, Collected works, Comets, Cosmology, Heredity, Life, Philosophy, Physical anthropology, Pre-Linnean works, Albinos and albinism, Biologia Geral, Black people

Places

Earth, Africa, Halley's comet, Northwest Passage, Patagonia (Argentina and Chile), Southern Hemisphere

People

Charles de Secondat Montesquieu baron de (1689-1755), J. T. Desaguliers, J. T. Desaguliers (1683-1744)

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Alternative names

  • Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
  • Pierre -Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
  • Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertius
  • Peter Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
  • Maupertuis

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 18, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
November 21, 2010 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors
November 21, 2010 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors