Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...mathematician; son of a Spanish infantryman. His wide interests led to original contributions in many fields, including anatomy, epidemiology, the study of fermentation, volcanology, magnetism, fluid dynamics, and the observation of comets. In his study of...