Johann Heinrich Lambert
Mathematician, Academic
1728 – 1777
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Who was Johann Heinrich Lambert?
Johann Heinrich Lambert was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer. He is best known for proving the Irrationality of π.
Asteroid 187 Lamberta was named in his honour.
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- Born
- Aug 26, 1728
Mulhouse - Religion
- Huguenot
- Nationality
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Profession
- Lived in
- Germany
- Mulhouse
- Switzerland
- Old Swiss Confederacy
- Died
- Sep 25, 1777
Berlin
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on July 23, 2013
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