Mathematicians in Rome

The atlas holds 5 people and 18 moments here, from 1500 to 1689. The most recorded lives are Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Notable people

  1. Galileo Galilei

    from 1611 to 1633

    11 moments here

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

  2. Giordano Bruno

    from 1576 to 1600

    3 moments here

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

  3. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    in 1689

    2 moments here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

  4. Leonardo da Vinci

    in 1513

    1 moment here

    Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

  5. Nicolaus Copernicus

    in 1500

    1 moment here

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

Moments

  1. 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
  2. 1513 Moves to Rome Leonardo da Vinci
  3. 1576 Lodging at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Giordano Bruno
  4. 1593 Transfer to the Roman Inquisition prison Giordano Bruno
  5. 1600 Execution at Campo de' Fiori Giordano Bruno
  6. 1611 Visited the Collegium Romanum Galileo Galilei
  7. 1611 Worked in Rome with the Linceans Galileo Galilei
  8. 1616 Admonished at Bellarmine's residence Galileo Galilei
  9. 1616 Completed a six-month Roman stay Galileo Galilei
  10. 1624 Arrived in Rome to meet Urban VIII Galileo Galilei
  11. 1624 Received by Pope Urban VIII Galileo Galilei
  12. 1624 Demonstrated a microscope in Rome Galileo Galilei
  13. 1630 Returned to Rome for printing approval Galileo Galilei
  14. 1633 Lodged at the Tuscan embassy in Rome Galileo Galilei
  15. 1633 Abjured at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Galileo Galilei
  16. 1633 Appeared before the Holy Office Galileo Galilei
  17. 1689 Arrival in Rome Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  18. 1689 Second Rome stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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