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Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

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Proposed the principle of least action, suggesting nature minimizes 'action' (mass x velocity x distance), a generalization of Fermat's principle.

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Proposed the principle of least action, suggesting nature minimizes 'action' (mass x velocity x distance), a generalization of Fermat's principle.