Johann Heinrich Lambert

Johann Heinrich Lambert (August 26, 1728 - September 25, 1777), was a German mathematician, physicist, astronomer of French origin.

Lambert was born in Mülhausen (now Mulhouse[?], Alsace, France)

He died in Berlin, Prussia (today Germany).

See also:

• Beer-Lambert law (Lambert-Beer law, Beer-Lambert-Bouguer law)
• lambert[?]
• Lambert's cosine law
• Lambert's projection[?]
• Lambert's trinomial equation[?]
• Lambert's W function
• π

External link:

• University of St Andrews' page: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lambert.html