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Johann Lambert, detail of a lithograph by Gottfried Englemann, after a portrait by Pierre-Roch Vigneron
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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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Anniversary information added. Sep 21, 2025
Anniversary information added. Aug 22, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 20, 2024
Invalidated site: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - Biography of Johann Heinrich Lambert. Jan 04, 2018
Added new Web site: The MacTutor History of Mathematics - Biography of Johann Heinrich Lambert. Apr 28, 2009
Added new Web site: School of Mathematics of Trinity College Dublin - Biography of Johann Heinrich Lambert. Apr 28, 2009
Added new Web site: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - Biography of Johann Heinrich Lambert. Apr 28, 2009
Added new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight - Biography of Johann Heinrich Lambert. Jul 24, 2007
Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Johann Heinrich Lambert.
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 Nov 24, 2006
Article revised. Sep 20, 2002
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