Ostilio Ricci

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Ostilio Ricci

Ostilio Ricci (* 1540 in Fermo ; † 1603 in Firenze ) was an Italian mathematician of the early modern period. He was a teacher of Galileo Galilei and court mathematician of Francesco I de 'Medici .

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  • Problemi di Geometria Pratica: L'uso dell'Archimetro

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  • TB Settle: "Ostilio Ricci, a bridge between Alberti and Galileo", in XIIe Congrès International d'Histoire des Science , Actes, Paris, 1971, III B, pp. 121-126.
  • F. Vinci: Ostilio Ricci da Fermo, Maestro di Galileo Galilei , Fermo, 1929.
  • Albert Presas i Puig: Ostilio Ricci, the Practical Education and the Canon of Technical Knowledge at the Beginning of the Italian Renaissance, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, 2002.

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SURNAME Ricci, Ostilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian mathematician of the early modern period
DATE OF BIRTH 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH Fermo
DATE OF DEATH 1603
Place of death Firenze