Johann Samuel König

Johann Samuel König (* July 31 1712 in Büdingen; † August 21 1757 in Zuilenstein) was a mathematician. Johann Bernoulli instructed both Konig and Pierre Louis Maupertuis as pupils during the same period. [ The principle of Least Action, Philip E.B. Jourdain, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1913; p.25 ftnt.107 ] Konig is remembered largely for his disagreements with Leonhard Euler, concerning the principle of least action. [ The principle of Least Action, Philip E.B. Jourdain, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1913 ] He is also remembered as a tutor to Émilie du Châtelet, one of the few female physicists of the 18th century. [ The Parsimonious Universe, Stefan Hildebrandt & Anthony Tromba, Springer-Verlag, 1996, p.33 ftnt.2 ]

Notes