Mathematician:Vincenzo Viviani

Mathematician
Italian mathematician and scientist.

Pupil of and a disciple of.

Succeeded in determining the tangent to the cycloid.

Nationality
Italian

History

 * Born: 5 April 1622 in Florence (now Italy)
 * 1660: Conducted an experiment to determine the speed of sound (with )
 * 1661: Experimented with the rotation of pendulums (supposedly)
 * Died: 22 September 1703 in Florence (now Italy)

Theorems and Definitions

 * Viviani's Theorem
 * Viviani's Curve

Publications

 * 1654: Racconto istorico della vita di Galileo Galilei ("Historical Account of the Life of Galileo Galilei") (not published until 1717)
 * 1655 -- 1656: First edition of 's collected works (as editor)
 * 1659: De Maximis et Minimis (attempted reconstruction of book $5$ of )
 * 1674: An edition of
 * 1684: Relazione intorno al riparare per quanto possibile sia la città e campagne di Pisa dall'inondazioni
 * 1687: Discorso intorno al difendersi da' riempimenti e dalle corrosione de' fiumi