In 1641 this man traveled to Florence to become the personal secretary of Galileo for the last three months of his life and to take his place as professor of mathematics at the Florentine academy.
In 1641 this man traveled to Florence to become the personal secretary of Galileo for the last three months of his life and to take his place as professor of mathematics at the Florentine academy. During his lifetime he was famous for his calculations of cycloids and his work on fluid mechanics, including his equation v=^È2gh (v equals the square root of two g h), but he is now remembered for his being the first to produce an artificial vacuum. For 10 points name this Italian scientist, the inventor of the barometer.
In 1641 this man traveled to Florence to become the personal secretary of Galileo for the last three months of his life and to take his place as professor of mathematics at the Florentine academy.
Evangelista Torricelli