Paolo Casati

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Paolo Casati ( Latinized Paulus Casatus ; born November 23, 1617 in Piacenza , † December 22, 1707 in Parma ) was an Italian Jesuit , mathematician , physicist and astronomer .

Casati joined the Jesuit order in 1634. After completing his studies, he first taught philosophy and theology at the Collegio Romano in Rome and finally received the chair of mathematics.

In 1651 he was entrusted with a mission at the court of Queen Christina of Sweden , the aim of which was to assess the seriousness of the monarch's conversion intentions. In 1652 he returned to Rome, then became praepositus at the Jesuit professorship in Venice and in 1677 went to Parma, where he taught at the Jesuit college there until his death and became the confessor of two princesses of the ducal house .

The lunar crater Casatus was named after him by the IAU in 1935 .

Fonts

  • Vacuum proscriptum (speculations regarding vacuum and especially the horror vacui ; 1649)
  • Brevis synopsis mechanica (1654)
  • De igne dissertationes physicae (1656)
  • Fabrica et uso del compasso di proportione (on the construction and use of proportional circles ; 1664)
  • Terra machinis mota (dialogue between Galileo Galilei , Paul Guldin and Marin Mersenne on questions of cosmology , geography , astronomy and geodesy ; 1658)
  • Le ceneri dell'Olimpo ventilate (Dialogue on Meteorology; 1673)
  • De gli horologi solari (manuscript on the construction of sundials)
  • Exercitationes matheseos candidatis exhibitaæ (manuscript with mathematical investigations; 1698)
  • De Angelis disputation philosophica (1703)
  • Opticae dissertationes (1705)

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personal data
SURNAME Casati, Paolo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casatus, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Jesuit and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH Piacenza
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1707
Place of death Parma