I chose to do my report on Evangelista Torricelli. The reason I chose to do him is because he is both Italian and male. I am also both Italian and male which would be my connection to him. Evangelista Torricelli is an Italian mathematician and physicist. He was born in Faenza on October 15, 1608. And died in Florence on October 25, 1647. Torricelli was educated at the Jesuit College of Faenza, where he showed such great aptitude for …showed first 75 words of 486 total…

…showed last 75 words of 486 total…small, short focus, simple microscopes. His literary contributions are noted for their conciseness, clearness, and elegance. His manuscripts have not all been published and are carefully preserved at Florence. The following have appeared in print: "Trattato del moto" which was written in Florence, sometime before 1641, "Opera geometrica", which was also written in Florence, in 1644, "Lezioni accademichi" which was also written Florence, sometime around 1715, and "Esperienza dell argento vivo" which was written in Berlin, Germany in 1897.