Leonhard Euler
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A mathematician who defended Maupertuis's principle of least action, rigorously developing it using calculus of variations and introducing necessary conditions.
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Cumrun Vafa: String Theory | Lex Fridman Podcast #204
Lex Fridman
Reformulated Newtonian mechanics with Lagrange using the principle of least action, which proved foundational for quantum mechanics.
226 ‒ The science of happiness | Arthur Brooks, Ph.D.
Peter Attia MD
A pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist, mentioned as an example of someone whose genius involved great sacrifices.
The Closest We’ve Come to a Theory of Everything
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A mathematician who defended Maupertuis's principle of least action, rigorously developing it using calculus of variations and introducing necessary conditions.