Johann Heinrich Lambert
Swiss polymath (1728–1777) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johann Heinrich Lambert (German: [ˈlambɛɐ̯t], Jean-Henri Lambert in French; 26 or 28 August 1728 – 25 September 1777) was a polymath from the Republic of Mulhouse, generally identified as either Swiss or French, who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics (particularly optics), philosophy, astronomy and map projections.
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Johann Heinrich Lambert | |
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Born | 26 or 28 August 1728 |
Died | 25 September 1777(1777-09-25) (aged 49) |
Nationality | Republic of Mulhouse, Swiss, French |
Known for | First Proof that π is irrational Beer–Lambert law Lambert's cosine law Transverse Mercator projection Lambert W function |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and philosopher |
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