For since the fabric of the universe is most perfect and the work of a most wise Creator, nothing at all takes place in the universe in which some rule of maximum or minimum does not appear.

Scientists
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician born in 1707, the most prolific in history. He made foundational contributions to analysis, number theory, graph theory, mechanics, and optics, and introduced much of modern mathematical notation.
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Source: Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas (1744)Verified