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

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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