Alessandro Marchetti was an Italian mathematician and natural philosopher, born at Pontormo near Empoli on 17 March 1633 and dying on 6 September 1714. He studied law in Florence, then went to the University of Pisa with the help of Prince Leopoldo de' Medici and attended Giovanni Alfonso Borelli's lectures on mathematics, graduating in philosophy in 1659 and teaching natural philosophy until 1677. Between 1664 and 1668 he made the first Italian translation of Lucretius, De rerum natura, which circulated in manuscript and was printed only in 1717. In 1669 he published Exercitationes mechanicae and De resistentia solidorum, on the strength of solid beams in the debate that followed Galileo's Two New Sciences, which is regarded as his masterpiece. He is also noted for criticizing conclusions of Guido Grandi.
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Alessandro Marchetti (17 March 1633 – 6 September 1714) was an Italian mathematician, noted for criticizing some conclusions of Guido Grandi, a student of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli who was influenced by Galileo and Aristotle.
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Alessandro Marchetti (17 March 1633-6 September 1714) was an Italian mathematician, noted for criticizing some conclusions of Guido Grandi, a student of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli who was influenced by Galileo and Aristotle.
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Alessandro Marchetti (17 March 1633-6 September 1714) was an Italian mathematician, noted for criticizing some conclusions of Guido Grandi, a student of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli who was influenced by Galileo and Aristotle.
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He was denied permission to publish his translation, entitled Della natura delle cose, but it circulated widely in manuscript form before its first printing in 1717.
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In 1669, he published two scientific treatises: Exercitationes mechanicae and De resistentia solidorum, the latter of which is considered his masterpiece.
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