Benedetto Castelli (1578 – 9 April 1643), born Antonio Castelli, was an Italian mathematician. Benedetto was his name in religion on entering the Benedictine...
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Galileo Galilei's "Letter to Benedetto Castelli" (1613) was his first statement on the authority of scripture and the Catholic Church in matters of scientific...
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made to play different rhythms and different drum patterns. In 1619 Benedetto Castelli, a student of Galileo Galilei, published the book Della Misura dell'Acque...
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the Roman Inquisition a copy of Galileo's letter to Benedetto Castelli. "Letter to Benedetto Castelli" "Galileo Portal: Niccolò Lorini 1544 -c. 1617". portalegalileo...
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Benedictine monk Benedetto Castelli, professor of mathematics at the Collegio della Sapienza (now known as the Sapienza University of Rome). Castelli was a student...
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observing the Sun and sunspots. The helioscope was first used by Benedetto Castelli (1578-1643) and refined by Galileo Galilei (1564–1642). The method...
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Bartolomeo Castelli (1650–1730), Roman Catholic Bishop of Mazara del Vallo Benedetto Castelli (1577–1643), Italian mathematician Bernardino Castelli (1750–1810)...
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administrator and politician Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889), Italian statesman Benedetto Castelli (1578–1643), Italian mathematician Benedetto Cotrugli (1416–1469)...
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but it had already been observed in exactly the same position by Benedetto Castelli approximately a century earlier, which indicated it was a background...
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followers, Benedetto Castelli, with biblical objections to the motion of the Earth. Prompted by this incident, Galileo wrote a letter to Castelli in which...
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Pierre Dionis, French surgeon and anatomist (died 1718) April 9 – Benedetto Castelli, Italian mathematician (born 1578) November 3 John Bainbridge, English...
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Borelli eventually traveled to Rome where he studied physics under Benedetto Castelli, matriculating in mathematics at Sapienza University of Rome. From...
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His father encouraged him to study law in Pisa, entrusting him to Benedetto Castelli (1577/1578–1643). In 1629, he married Sestilia Bocchineri (c. 1610–1669)...
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corresponded with Benedetto Castelli (1577/8-1643), who described the Galilean thermoscope to him in a letter of September 20, 1638. Father Castelli also invited...
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Lombardian wine. Pio Chiaruttini (1901–1985), businessman and inventor Benedetto Castelli (1578–1643), mathematician Paolo Bolpagni (b. 1981), art historian...
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Pecham (~1280), Leonardo da Vinci (~1500), René Descartes (1637), Benedetto Castelli (1639), Pierre Gassendi (1642), Thomas Hobbes (1655), J. Rohault (1671)...
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December of 1610, Galileo received a letter from fellow scientist Benedetto Castelli, asking if the phases of Venus were observable through Galileo's new...
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former student Benedetto Castelli, now a professor of mathematics and Benedictine abbot. The exchange having been reported to Galileo by Castelli, Galileo decided...
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Galileo Galilei produces the first (Galileo) thermometer. 1619 – Benedetto Castelli published Della Misura dell'Acque Correnti ("On the Measurement of...
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the magic lantern Christiaan Huygens. In 1612 Italian mathematician Benedetto Castelli wrote to his mentor, the Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer,...
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visual binaries. Mizar, in Ursa Major, was observed to be double by Benedetto Castelli and Galileo. The identification of other doubles soon followed: Robert...
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obscura into camera obscura telescopy. In 1612, Italian mathematician Benedetto Castelli wrote to his mentor, the Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer,...
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Beltrami, Enrico Bombieri, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Sergio Campanato, Benedetto Castelli, Corrado De Concini, Ennio De Giorgi, Luigi Guido Grandi, Alessandro...
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the remainder of the year. Late in 1613, Galileo's former student Benedetto Castelli, a Benedictine monk and lecturer in mathematics at the University...
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dei Patriarchi) Perledo (Castello di Vezio) or Menaggio (L'Angolo Benedetto Castelli) Tremezzo (Teresio Olivelli Park) Episode summary At the start of...
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in Pisa during winter, in December 1613, Galileo's former student Benedetto Castelli was invited to court. At a breakfast attended by Cosimo II, his wife...
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Battista Riccioli, p. 1 but it was probably observed earlier, by Benedetto Castelli and Galileo.[citation needed] Later, spectroscopy of its components...
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Starting in 1637 then, Fontana sent numerous lenses for inspection to Benedetto Castelli – the renowned pupil and collaborator of Galileo – who was staying...
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and Ugo Cerletti, psychiatrists Corrado Böhm, computer scientist Benedetto Castelli, mathematician Andrea Cesalpino, physician and botanist Federigo Enriques...
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double by Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1650 (and probably earlier by Benedetto Castelli and Galileo). The bright southern star Acrux, in the Southern Cross...
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