Evangelista Torricelli
Italian physicist and mathematician
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... Wikipedia
Born: October 15, 1608, Rome, Italy
Died: October 25, 1647 (age 39 years), Florence, Italy
Parents: Gaspare Torricelli and Caterina Angetti
Education: Sapienza University of Rome
Children: Alexander Torricelli
Academic advisors: Benedetto Castelli
Notable students: Vincenzo Viviani
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