Life and ideas of Evangelista Torricelli : with an edition of the Academic discourses / by Paolo Palmieri.
Pubblicazione:
Newcastle : Cambridge scholars publishing, 2025.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 374 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Introduction. Pt. 1. The silence of Torricelli: 1. Encounter 2. Libertine and quietist 3. Foundations 4. Dwelling 5. Esthetics 6. Utopia 7. Conclusion. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. ibliography. Pt. 2. Academic discourses: 1- Thanking the academicians of the Crusca 2. On percussion (1) 3. On percussion (2) 4. On percussion (3) 5. On lightness (1) 6. On lightness (2) 7. On wind 8. On fame 9. In praise of mathematics 10. On military architecture (1) 11. On military architecture (2) 12 A eulogy of the golden age. Bibliography. Index
