Pierre de Fermat

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Proposed the principle of least time, suggesting light travels between two points in the shortest possible time, which led to Snell's Law.

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The Closest We’ve Come to a Theory of Everything

Veritasium

Proposed the principle of least time, suggesting light travels between two points in the shortest possible time, which led to Snell's Law.

Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox - Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #370

Lex Fridman

French mathematician who conjectured Fermat's Last Theorem in the 17th century, famously claiming to have a proof but that the margin of his book was too small to contain it, sparking 350 years of mathematical quest.