Bonaventura Cavalieri
Italian mathematician
Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri was an Italian mathematician and a Jesuate. He is known for his work on the problems of optics and motion, work on indivisibles, the precursors of infinitesimal calculus, and the introduction of logarithms to Italy.... Wikipedia
Born: 1598, Milan, Italy
Died: November 30, 1647 (age 49 years), Bologna, Italy
Education: University of Pisa
Known for: Cavalieri's principle; Cavalieri's quadrature formula; Method of indivisibles; Polar coordinate system