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Milutin Milanković
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Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)
Milutin Milanković was a Serbian scientist who worked across mathematics, astronomy, and climate study during the late 1800s and 1900s. He is best known for developing the theory that long-term changes in Earth's orbit around the sun cause shifts in climate over thousands of years, an idea that remains important to understanding how Earth's climate naturally varies.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1879-05-28 ) 28 May 1879 , Dalj , Austria-Hungary (modern day Croatia )
- Died
- 12 December 1958 (1958-12-12) (aged 79), Belgrade , PR Serbia , Yugoslavia (modern Serbia )
- Alma mater
- TU Wien
- Known for
- Insolation Milankovitch cycles
- Fields
- Mathematics astronomy astrophysics climatology paleoclimatology geophysics
- Thesis
- Beitrag zur Theorie der Druck-kurven (1904)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Dalj
- Place of death
- Belgrade
- Occupation
- climatologist
- Educated at
- TU Wien
- Employer
- University of Belgrade
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Native language
- Serbian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Doctoral student
- Tatomir Anđelić
- Field of work
- astronomer
- Image
- Milutin Milanković cropped.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1879-05-16
- date of death
- 1958-12-12
- member of
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- name in native language
- Милутин Миланковић
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Encyclopedic overview
Milutin Milanković (sometimes anglicised as Milutin Milankovitch; Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Миланковић, pronounced [milǔtin milǎːnkoʋitɕ]; 28 May 1879 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer, university professor, popularizer of science and academic.
Milanković gave two fundamental contributions to global science. The first contribution is the "Canon of the Earth's Insolation", which characterizes the climates of all the planets of the Solar System. The second contribution is the explanation of Earth's long-term climate changes caused by changes in the position of the Earth in comparison to the Sun, now known as Milankovitch cycles. This partly explained the ice ages occurring in the geological past of the Earth, as well as the climate changes on the Earth which can be expected in the future.
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