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    Vincenzo Viviani (April 5, 1622 – September 22, 1703) was an Italian mathematician and scientist. He was a pupil of Torricelli and Galileo. Vincenzo Viviani...
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    independent of their mass, according to a biography by Galileo's pupil Vincenzo Viviani, composed in 1654 and published in 1717.: 19–21  The basic premise...
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    with pendulums. It is popularly believed (thanks to the biography by Vincenzo Viviani) that these began by watching the swings of the bronze chandelier in...
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    Life of Galileo Galilei), written by Galileo's pupil and secretary Vincenzo Viviani in 1654, but only published in 1717, long after his death. During World...
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    mathematics, Viviani's curve, also known as Viviani's window, is a figure eight shaped space curve named after the Italian mathematician Vincenzo Viviani. It is...
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    Viviani's theorem, named after Vincenzo Viviani, states that the sum of the shortest distances from any interior point to the sides of an equilateral...
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  • Raffaele Viviani (1888–1950), author, playwright, and actor René Viviani (1863–1925), French politician and prime minister Vincenzo Viviani (1622–1703)...
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    1639 which refers to "peli" ("hairs"). In 1694 Giambattista Nelli and Vincenzo Viviani surveyed the cracks with Nelli recording that there were two major...
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  • invented escapement. Galileo's student and biographer, Vincenzo Viviani (1622–1703) mentions Vincenzo Galilei's skill as inventor of musical instruments and...
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  • intellectual Vincenzo Peruggia (1881-1925), Italian thief who stole the Mona Lisa Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548–1616), Italian architect Vincenzo Viviani (1622–1703)...
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