Giuseppe Moletti
Giuseppe Moletti (1531–1588) was an Italian mathematician best known for his Dialogo intorno alla Meccanica (Dialogue on Mechanics). Though an obscure figure today, he was a renowned mathematician during his lifetime, and was even consulted by Pope Gregory XIII on his new calendar.
He held the mathematics chair at the University of Padua, preceding Galileo, who had sent him his theorems on the centre of gravity.
References
- Laird, Walter Roy (2000). The Unfinished Mechanics of Giuseppe Moletti. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-4699-1.
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