Evangelista Torricelli

Evangelista Torricelli (15 October 1608 – 25 October 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician. He was a student of Galileo. He is known for his invention of the barometer. He is also known for improving the field of optics and his work on the method of indivisibles.

Evangelista Torricelli
File:Evangelista Torricelli by Lorenzo Lippi (circa 1647, Galleria Silvano Lodi & Due).jpg Evangelista Torricelli by Lorenzo Lippi (c. 1647)
Born	Evangelista Torricelli (1608-10-15)15 October 1608 Rome, Papal States
Died	25 October 1647(1647-10-25) (aged 39) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Barometer Torricelli's law Torricellian vacuum
Awards	Enrico Fermi Award (1966)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, Mathematics
Institutions	University of Pisa

Torricelli died from typhoid fever in Florence on 25 October 1647 at the age of 39.

Evangelista Torricelli Media

• Evangelista Torricelli - Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze.JPG

  Torricelli's statue in the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze

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  Evangelista Torricelli portrayed on the frontpage of Lezioni d'Evangelista Torricelli

• NSRW Torricelli's experiment.jpg

  illustration de l'expérience de Torricelli sur la pression atmosphérique

• Torricelli lunar crater map.jpg

  Torricelli lunar crater map

• The discovery of the barometer; Torricelli experimenting in Wellcome V0018147.jpg

  Torricelli experimenting in the Alps, 1643

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  Torricelli (S-512);0837310

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  Title page to an 1823 copy of Lezioni accademiche

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  1959 Evangelista Torricelli commemorative stamp of the U.S.S.R.