Johann Heinrich Lambert
German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777)
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Mulhouse-born polymath who shaped mathematics, physics, and astronomy in the 18th century. Lambert's work on map projections and non-Euclidean geometry still matters to anyone trying to flatten a sphere.
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Johann Heinrich Lambert was a polymath from the Republic of Mulhouse, at that time allied to the Swiss Confederacy, who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics, philosophy, astronomy and map projections.
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