scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1255549

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Publication date 28 February 1999

zbMATH Keywords

Anniversaryartillerycartographic studiesConferenceengineeringFerrara (Italy)fortificationGuidobaldo dal MonteProceedings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

Review text

The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually. This most interesting volume mainly consists of 18 articles dealing with the scientific and technical work of the architect and technician Giambattista Aleotti (1546-1636) and related topics. Almost all of his treatises remained unpublished among them being his voluminous work ``On the science and art of water. Hence the volume largely is based on this unpublished material and represents a considerable scientific progress with regard to a better understanding of Aleotti's achievements. Seven contributions are of mathematical interest: \textit{L. Pepe}, The scientific situation in Ferrara in the age of Aleotti; \textit{R. Torlontano}, Aleotti's two unpublished treatises on artillery and fortification; \textit{M. Rollis}, Aleotti's cartographic studies; \textit{P. Fabbri}, Aleotti's unpublished treatise on music; \textit{U. Baldini}, Jesuit hydraulics experts in Ferrara at the beginning of the 17th century; \textit{P. Ventrice}, Military architecture and engineering in Venice and Veneto in the 16th century (Lorini, Savorgnano, Tartaglia); \textit{E. Gamba}, The mathematician and engineer Guidobaldo dal Monte. The editor Alessandra Fiocca included an English summary of the articles, lists of the printed works and manuscripts of Aleotti, and a chronologically ordered list of biographical dates, a bibliography including sources and studies.

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