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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: Essai de cosmologie

    First published in 1751 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An essay towards a history of the principal comets that have appeared since the year 1742 ...: to which is prefixed a letter upon comets addressed to the Marchioness de Chatelet

    First published in 1770 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: uvres de Maupertuis.

    First published in 1768 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1768 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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 in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres de Maupertuis.

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  • Cover of: essay towards a history of the principal comets that have appeared since the year 1742

    First published in 1769 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1743 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1741 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Discours sur les differentes figures des astres

    First published in 1732 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1744 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: earthly Venus

    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Essai de cosmologie

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Examen desinterresse des differens ouvrages qui ont ete faits pour determiner la figure de la terre

    First published in 1748 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Examen des trois dissertations que Monsieur Desaguliers a publiees sur la figure de la terre

    First published in 1738 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1738 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: figure de la terre determinée par les observations de Messieurs de Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, Le Monnier... & Outhier... accompagnés de M. Celsius... faites par ordre du Roy au Cercle Polaire.

    First published in 1738 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Lettre sur la comete

    First published in 1742 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Lettre sur le progres des sciences

    First published in 1752 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres de Maupertuis

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language
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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
August 31, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Talis record