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Vincenzo Viviani
1622Apr, 5

Vincenzo Viviani

Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1703)
Vincenzo Viviani (April 5, 1622 – September 22, 1703) was an Italian mathematician and scientist. He was a pupil of Torricelli and a disciple of Galileo.

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