Birthdate: May 28, 1879
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dalj, Croatia
Died: December 12, 1958
Milutin Milanković was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer, and popularizer of science. He made significant contributions to global science, including developing the “Canon of the Earth’s Insolation” and explaining Earth’s long-term climate changes through Milankovitch cycles. He founded planetary climatology, demonstrating the relationship between celestial mechanics and Earth sciences. As a distinguished professor and director of the Belgrade Observatory, he also worked as a structural engineer and supervisor on various reinforced concrete constructions throughout Yugoslavia, holding multiple related patents.
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