Maupertuis 1698-1759

Overview

Works:	742 works in 1,190 publications in 12 languages and 6,982 library holdings
Roles:	Other, Dedicatee, Attributed name, Correspondent
Classifications:	q111, 591.166

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Maupertuis

Publications by Maupertuis

Publications by Maupertuis, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Maupertuis

The man who flattened the earth : Maupertuis and the sciences in the enlightenment by Mary Terrall ( Book )
Maupertuis : an intellectual biography by David Beeson ( Book )
La philosophie de la vie au XVIIIe siècle, étudiée chez Fontenelle, Montesquieu, Maupertuis, La Mettrie, Diderot, d'Holbach, Linne by Emile Callot ( Book )
La pensée philosophique de Maupertuis : son milieu et ses sources by Giorgio Tonelli ( Book )
Maupertuis by Léon Velluz ( Book )

Das Prinzip der kleinsten Wirkung und die Kraftkonzeptionen der rationalen Mechanik : eine Untersuchung zur Grundlegungsproblematik bei Leonhard Euler, Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis und Joseph Louis Lagrange by Helmut Pulte ( Book )
Actes de la journée Maupertuis : Créteil, ler décembre 1973 by Journée Maupertuis ( Book )
Dynamique et métaphysique leibniziennes, suivi d'une note sur le principe de la moindre action chez Maupertuis by Martial Guéroult ( Book )
Leibniz by Martial Guéroult ( Book )
The impartial philosopher or, the philosophy of common sense. Written originally in French, by the Marq. d'Argens ... Translated from the last edition. To which is added, Mons. Maupertuis's Dissertation upon gravity, &c. In two volumes by Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Argens ( Book )
Leibniz dynamique et métaphysique ; suivi d'une Note sur le principe de la moindre action chez Maupertuis by Martial Guéroult ( Book )
Lettre de Mr. le Marquis de L**. N**. a Mme. la Marquise A**. G**. sur le procès, intenté par Mr. Moreau Maupertuis, contre Mr. Koenig, devant l'Academie Royale de Berlin by L** N ( Book )
Defense de milord Bollingbroke par le docteur Good Natur'd Vellvisher, chapelain du comte de Chesterfield. Traduit de l'anglois by Voltaire ( Book )
Correspondance de Leonhard Euler avec P.-L.M. de Maupertuis et Frédéric II by Leonhard Euler ( Book )
Actes de la journée Maupertuis : Créteil, 1er décembre 1973 by Journée Maupertuis ( Book )
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, 1698-1759; pour le bicentenaire de sa mort by Pierre L Maillet ( Book )
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis : eine Bilanz nach 300 Jahren ( Book )
Maupertuis et ses correspondants. Lettres inédites du grand Frédéric ( Book )
Nachträge zu dem briefwechsel Friedrichs des Grossen mit Maupertuis und Voltaire, nebst verwandten stücken by Frederick ( Book )
Leibniz : dynamique et métaphysique, suivi d'une note sur le principe de la moindre action chez Maupertuis by Martial Gueroult ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Maupertuis

The earthly Venus by Maupertuis ( Book )
59 editions published between 1745 and 2003 in 5 languages and held by 332 libraries worldwide

The figure of the earth determined from observations made by order of the French King, at the Polar Circle by Maupertuis ( Book )
18 editions published between 1738 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 183 libraries worldwide

Dissertation physique à l'occasion du negre blanc by Maupertuis ( Book )
12 editions published between 1744 and 1980 in French and held by 143 libraries worldwide

Astronomie nautique, ou, Élémens d'astronomie tant pour un observatoire fixe, que pour un observatoire mobile by Maupertuis ( Book )
9 editions published between 1743 and 1756 in French and English and held by 114 libraries worldwide

Œuvres de Maupertuis by Maupertuis ( Book )
9 editions published between 1768 and 1967 in French and held by 113 libraries worldwide

Lettre sur la comète by Maupertuis ( Book )
12 editions published between 1742 and 1752 in French and German and held by 103 libraries worldwide

Lettre sur le progrès des sciences by Maupertuis ( Book )
8 editions published in 1752 in French and held by 92 libraries worldwide

Maupertuis, le savant et la philosophe by Maupertuis ( Book )
4 editions published in 1964 in French and held by 91 libraries worldwide

Examen desinteressé des differens ouvrages qui ont été faits pour déterminer la figure de la terre by Maupertuis ( Book )
11 editions published between 1738 and 1741 in French and held by 90 libraries worldwide

Discours sur la parallaxe de la lune pour perfectionner la théorie de la lune et celle de la terre by Maupertuis ( Book )
5 editions published in 1741 in French and held by 87 libraries worldwide

Sur l'origine du langage by Maupertuis ( Book )
4 editions published in 1971 in French and held by 84 libraries worldwide

Étude historique sur le principe de la moindre action by Pierre Brunet ( Book )
5 editions published between 1938 and 1974 in French and held by 83 libraries worldwide

Discours sur les differentes figures des astres d'ou l'on tire des conjectures sur les étoiles qui paroissent changer de grandeur, & sur l'anneau de Saturne : avec une exposition abbrégée des systemes de M. Descartes & de M. Newton by Maupertuis ( Book )
4 editions published in 1732 in French and held by 82 libraries worldwide

Œuvres de Mr de Maupertuis by Maupertuis ( Book )
18 editions published between 1752 and 1756 in French and held by 81 libraries worldwide

Oeuvres by Maupertuis ( Book )
2 editions published in 1965 in French and held by 75 libraries worldwide

Sprachphilosophische Schriften by Maupertuis ( Book )
13 editions published between 1971 and 1989 in French and German and held by 73 libraries worldwide

Examen des trois dissertations que Monsieur Desaguliers a publiées sur la figure de la terre inserées dans les Transactions philosophiques de la Societé royale de Londres no. 386, 387, & 388 by Maupertuis ( Book )
4 editions published between 1738 and 1741 in French and held by 71 libraries worldwide

La figure de la terre déterminée par les observations de Messieurs de Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, Le Monnier, & et de M. l'abbé Outhier, accompagnés de M. Celsius : faites par ordre du roy au cercle polaire by Maupertuis ( Book )
2 editions published in 1738 in French and held by 70 libraries worldwide

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 by Maupertuis ( Book )
1 edition published in 1769 in English and held by 70 libraries worldwide

Essai de cosmologie by Maupertuis ( Book )
15 editions published between 1750 and 1984 in 4 languages and held by 67 libraries worldwide

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Audience Level

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	Kids	General	Special

Audience level: 0.86 (from 0.81 for Sur l'orig ... to 0.88 for Astronomie ...)

Related Identities

Euler, Leonhard 1707-1783
Kraus, Hans Peter 1907-1988
König, Samuel 1712-1757 Translator
Voltaire 1694-1778 Correspondent
Frederick II King of Prussia 1712-1786 Other
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von 1646-1716
Le Monnier M (Pierre-Charles) 1715-1799
Bruyset, Jean-Marie (1719-1793)
Tonelli, Giorgio Author of introduction
Azouvi, François 1945- Editor

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Associated Subjects

Arc measures‍ Astronomy‍ Authors, French‍ Biography‍ Black race‍ Comets‍ Communication‍ Conception‍ Conference proceedings‍ Cosmology‍ Desaguliers, J. T.--1683-1744‍ Diderot, Denis,--1713-1784‍ Dynamics‍ Early works‍ Earth‍ Ethics‍ Figure of the Earth‍ Fontenelle,--M. de--1657-1757‍ France Geodesy‍ God--Proof, Cosmological‍ History‍ Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry,--baron d',--1723-1789‍ Human reproduction‍ Human skin color‍ Lagrange, J. L.--1736-1813‍ La Mettrie, Julien Offray de,--1709-1751‍ Language and languages‍ Language and languages--Origin‍ Least action‍ Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,--Freiherr von,--1646-1716‍ Life‍ Linné, Carl von,--1707-1778‍ Lunar theory‍ Maupertuis,--1698-1759‍ Mechanics‍ Metaphysics‍ Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat,--baron de,--1689-1755‍ Moon‍ Nautical astronomy‍ Parallax‍ Philosophy‍ Philosophy, Ancient‍ Physics‍ Records and correspondence‍ Reproduction‍ Science‍ Science--Philosophy‍ Scientists‍ Solar system--Halley's comet‍

Alternative Names

de Maupertuis, 1698-1759

De Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau.

De Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau, 1698-1759

Maupertius, Pierre L. de 1698-1759

Maupertius, Pierre Louis Moreau de 1698-1759 Falsche Namensform

Maupertuis.

Maupertuis, ... 1698-1759

Maupertuis, ... de 1698-1759

Maupertuis, P. L. de 1698-1759

Maupertuis, P.-L. M. de.

Maupertuis, P. L. Moreau de

Maupertuis, Pierre Louis de 1698-1759

Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de

Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de, 1698-1759

Maupertuis, ... von 1698-1759

Moreau de Maupertius, Pierre Louis

Moreau de Maupertuis, P. L.

Moreau de Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis.

Moreau de Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis 1698-1759

Moreau, Pierre Louis 1698-1759

Languages

French (822)
English (136)
German (92)
Undetermined (79)
Italian (35)
Swedish (14)
Latin (12)
Spanish (6)
Dutch (3)
No Linguistic content (2)
Russian (2)
Portuguese (1)

Covers

Correspondance de Leonhard Euler avec P.-L.M. de Maupertuis et Frédéric II