Johann Heinrich Lambert stood largely outside the academic environment of his time. Although his ideas did not become popular until the next century and some of his other work were lost for many years, his scientific investigations gave rise to...

Lambert, Johann Heinrich(1728–1777) Johann Heinrich Lambert, the German mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and philosopher, was born in Mulhouse, Alsace. He taught himself mathematics, philosophy, and Asian languages; after 1748 he served as...

1728-1777 Swiss-German Mathematician Overcoming enormous social barriers, Johann Heinrich Lambert entered the ranks of Europe's foremost mathematicians. He did so without becoming part of the Continental academic establishment and, partly for...

Lambert and Ploucquet Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), German physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, devoted a number of essays to the enterprise of making a calculus of logic, which he evidently thought of in connection with the tree of...

Johann Heinrich Lambert (August 26, 1728 – September 25 1777), was a German mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He was born in Mülhausen (now Mulhouse, Alsace, France). His father was a poor tailor, so Johann had to struggle to gain an...

Abstract This is the second in a series of articles on famous correctional educators. The first article introduced Mary Carpenter: 19th Century English Correctional Education Hero. (Editor's Note: See the September 2003 Issue for the first article) This article focuses on Johann Heinrich...

Johann Ignaz von Felbiger and Kardinal Johann Heinrich von Frankenberg: Wege der Religiosen Reform im 18. Jahrhundert. By Winfried Romberg. [Arbeiten zur schlesischen Kirchengeschichte, Band 8. ] (Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag. 1999. Pp. 191. Paperback.) Is the term "Catholic Enlightenment" an oxymoron? It...