Milutin Milanković

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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 made two fundamental contributions to science: he devised advanced methods to compute slow changes in Earth's orbit that gradually redistribute insolation between the seasons and low- and high-latitude regions (now known as Milankovitch cycles), and he developed a quantitative theory of climate where these insolation cycles were sufficient to cause the recurring ice ages of the Quaternary period. While the Milankovitch cycles in insolation have been confirmed and further substantiated by subsequent research, the classical Milankovitch theory of climate, in its original formulation, provides an incomplete explanation of glacial–interglacial climate dynamics. In particular...

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