Evangelista Torricelli
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 377 years ago |
Date of birth | October 15,1608 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Rome |
Italy | |
Date of died | October 25,1647 |
Died | Florence |
Italy | |
Known for | Barometers |
Torricelli's law | |
Nationality | Italian |
Papal | |
Children | Alexander Torricelli |
Job | Physicist |
Mathematician | |
Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
Influenc | Robert Boyle; Blaise Pascal |
Notabl student | Vincenzo Viviani |
Parents | Caterina Angetti |
Gaspare Torricelli | |
Place of burial | Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy |
Education | Sapienza University of Rome |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 414633 |
Evangelista Torricelli Life story
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles. The torr is named after him.