Homage to Evangelista Torricelli's Opera Geometrica 1644-2024: Text, Transcription, Commentaries and Selected Essays as New Historical Insights

by Jean Dhombres, Raffaele Pisano, Patricia Radelet de Grave

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.

Opera geometrica deals with Motion & Mechanics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031069625
• ISBN13: 9783031069628
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 1113 Pages
• Weight: 7.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 8.6" x 11.2"