Johann Heinrich Lambert

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Enlightenment thinker astronomer human mathematician philosopher physicist polymath

Johann Heinrich Lambert was an 18th-century German-Swiss polymath of the Enlightenment, renowned for his pioneering work in mathematics, physics, astronomy, and philosophy, including the first rigorous proof of the irrationality of π.

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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
citizenship German ⓘ
Swiss ⓘ
contributedTo continued fractions ⓘ
foundations of trigonometric functions ⓘ
theory of irrational numbers ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1728-08-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1777-09-25 ⓘ
era Enlightenment ⓘ
familyName Lambert ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
optics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
physics ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
givenName Heinrich ⓘ
Johann ⓘ
influenced Immanuel Kant ⓘ
development of non-Euclidean geometry ⓘ
influencedBy Leonhard Euler ⓘ
knownFor Lambert W function (later named in his honor) ⓘ
Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection ⓘ
Lambert conformal conic projection ⓘ
Lambert quadrilateral in hyperbolic geometry ⓘ
Lambert series ⓘ
Lambertian reflectance law in optics ⓘ
contributions to photometry ⓘ
work on hyperbolic geometry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableFor first rigorous proof of the irrationality of pi ⓘ
notableWork Anlage zur Architectonic oder Theorie des Einfachen und Ersten in der philosophischen und mathematischen Erkenntnis ⓘ
Beiträge zum Gebrauche der Mathematik und deren Anwendung ⓘ
Photometria ⓘ
placeOfBirth Alsace ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Mulhouse ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berlin ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

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German Enlightenment → hasKeyFigure → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Deutsche Aufklärung → notableFigure → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Lambert W function (later named in his honor) → namedAfter → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
subject surface form: Lambert W function
Lambert series → namedAfter → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Lambert series → introducedBy → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection → namedAfter → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection → introducedBy → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Lambert conformal conic projection → namedAfter → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Lambert conformal conic projection → introducedBy → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Lambertian reflectance law in optics → namedAfter → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
subject surface form: Lambertian reflectance law
Photometria → author → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Anlage zur Architectonic oder Theorie des Einfachen und Ersten in der philosophischen und mathematischen Erkenntnis → author → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Anlage zur Architectonic oder Theorie des Einfachen und Ersten in der philosophischen und mathematischen Erkenntnis → contributor → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Anlage zur Architectonic oder Theorie des Einfachen und Ersten in der philosophischen und mathematischen Erkenntnis → relatedWork → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Beiträge zum Gebrauche der Mathematik und deren Anwendung → author → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ
Beiträge zum Gebrauche der Mathematik und deren Anwendung → hasAuthor → Johann Heinrich Lambert ⓘ