Homage to Evangelista Torricelli's Opera Geometrica 1644-2024

Evangelista Torricelli exemplifies the use the moderns made of the ancients'' mathematical methods. Celebrating Evangelista Torricelli''s monumental Opera geometrica, this book marks 380 years since its publication (1644-2024). This homage to Torricelli introduces the magnificent major work in Mechanics and Mathematics of a brilliant Archimedean–and–Galilean scientist to modern readers.

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