We would wish to discover the Plan of the Universe, and the means employed by the Eternal Architect in the execution of his magnificent design. We wi… - Johann Heinrich Lambert

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We would wish to discover the Plan of the Universe, and the means employed by the Eternal Architect in the execution of his magnificent design. We will first contemplate the System of which we make a part, and of which our Sun is the center. Thence we will ascend towards those Suns and those innumerable Worlds which are scattered through the immensity of space.

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About Johann Heinrich Lambert

(26 August 1728 – 25 September 1777) was a Swiss polymath who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics (particularly optics), philosophy, astronomy and map projections.

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Alternative Names: Jean-Henri Lambert
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