On the Life and Work of Johann Heinrich Lambert

Athanase Papadopoulos ()
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Athanase Papadopoulos: Université de Strasbourg et CNRS, Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée

Chapter Chapter 6 in Spherical Geometry in the Eighteenth Century I, 2026, pp 121-160 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This is a personal and scientific biography of the famous mathematician and polymath Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777). Besides mathematics, we review some of his works on perspective, pyrometry, cosmology, astronomy, philosophy and other topics. We highlight his relations with several thinkers of his times, including some Bernoullis, Lagrange, Kant, and especially Leonhard Euler.

Keywords: Johann Heinrich Lambert; Leonhard Euler; Eighteenth century; History of geometry; 01A70; 01A50; 51-03 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-12466-1_6

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