Mathematician:Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta

Mathematician

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power.

Invented the Voltaic pile in $1799$.

Discovered methane.

Nationality

Italian

History

• Born: 18 February 1745 in Como, Duchy of Milan
• Died: 5 March 1827 in Como, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire

Theorems and Definitions

• Volt
  • Abvolt
  • Statvolt

• Voltaic Pile

Definitions of concepts named for Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta can be found here.

Publications

• 1777: Sull' Aria Inflammabile Nativa delle Paludi ("On the flammable native air of the marshes")