Alessandro Marchetti (mathematician)

Alessandro Marchetti

Born 17 March 1633(1633-03-17)
Empoli, Italy
Died 6 September 1714(1714-09-06) (aged 81)
Pisa, Italy
Nationality Italian
Fields Mathematics

Alessandro Marchetti (17 March 1633 – 6 September 1714) was an Italian mathematician, noted for criticizing some conclusions of Guido Grandi, a student of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli who was influenced by Galileo and Aristotle.[1]

References

  1. ^ Edoardo Benvenuto (1991). An introduction to the history of structural mechanics: statics and resistance of solids. Springer. pp. 241 ff. ISBN 978-0-387-96227-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=Bi0_AQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 14 August 2011. 

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