Maupertuis

Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) qui tait math maticien, g ographe, philosophe, physicien et bien d'autres choses encore, admir de Voltaire et du monde savant, fut une sommit scientifique. D fenseur des th ories de Newton, il prouva d finitivement sa suite, que le globe terrestre tait renfl son quateur et aplati ses p les. Il devint membre de presque toutes les acad mies scientifiques d'Europe. Le texte que contient ce livre fut r dig apr s un voyage en tra neau dans une for t de Laponie, voyage destin retrouver un monument m galithique. Accompagn du savant Anders Celsius, qui est l'origine de notre chelle des temp ratures, il d crivit le m galithe, dont on ne sait aujourd'hui toujours pas grand-chose. Il comporte des inscriptions qui font penser aux runes, mais personne encore n'a pu les d chiffrer. Il est en tout cas certain qu'il s'agit de signes trac s par une main humaine.

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