Mathematicians in Padua

The atlas holds 3 people and 5 moments here, from 1501 to 1610. The most recorded lives are Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus and Giordano Bruno.

Notable people

1. Galileo Galilei

   from 1592 to 1610

   3 moments here

   Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…

2. Nicolaus Copernicus

   in 1501

   1 moment here

   Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

3. Giordano Bruno

   in 1591

   1 moment here

   Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…

Moments

1. 1501 Medical studies in Padua Nicolaus Copernicus
2. 1591 Geometry lectures in Padua Giordano Bruno
3. 1592 Lived and worked in Padua Galileo Galilei
4. 1592 Opened his Padua professorship Galileo Galilei
5. 1610 Occupied his Via dei Vignali house Galileo Galilei

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