Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri (1598 - 1647) — Auction price
Lot 16 Directorium generale uranometricum in quo trigonometriae logarithmicae fundamenta
Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri (1598 - 1647) 
Printed and Manuscript Americana & Science 
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Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri
1598 - 30.10.1647
Italy
Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri (Latin: Bonaventura Cavalerius) was an Italian mathematician and a Jesuate. He is known for his work on the problems of optics and motion, work on indivisibles, the precursors of infinitesimal calculus, and the introduction of logarithms to Italy. Cavalieri's principle in geometry partially anticipated integral calculus.
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Date: 27.01.2023 10:00 UTC +01:00
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