Karl Mollweide Explained

Karl Mollweide
Birth Date:3 February 1774
Birth Place:Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany
Birth Name:Karl Brandan Mollweide
Death Place:Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Nationality:German
Occupation:Mathematician, astronomer

Karl Brandan Mollweide (3 February 1774  - 10 March 1825) was a German mathematician[1] and astronomer who taught in Halle and Leipzig. In trigonometry, he rediscovered the formula now known as Mollweide's formula. He invented a map projection called the Mollweide projection.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sullivan, Michael. Precalculus. 27 September 2011. 2006-01-01. Pearson Custom Publishing. 978-0-536-91924-3. 680.