Alessandro Marchetti (mathematician)

thumb|Alessandro Marchetti Alessandro Marchetti (17 March 1633 – 6 September 1714) was an Italian mathematician, noted for criticizing some conclusions of Guido Grandi, a student of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli who was influenced by Galileo and Aristotle. Incipit of Della natura delle comete Alessandro Marchetti, Della natura delle comete, Alla Condotta, Firenze, 1684. Fra tutte le visibili cose, delle quali si compiacque d'ornare il Mondo la mano onnipotente del divino Architetto, niuna ve n'à al mio credere, che, o con maggior diletto si miri, o con maggior desio si contempli di quelle, che foura 'l capo da noi ne gli spaziosi si campi dell'Etere si vagheggiano. Imperocche elleno e col vivo splendore de' raggi loro dolcemente a se tirano gli occhi de' riguardanti, e con l'incognita armonia de' lor moti, siti, e grandezze svegliano nell'umane curiose menti l'ammirazione, e con essa l'innata brama dell'imparare. Among all the visible things, of which the omnipotent hand of the divine Architect was pleased to adorn the World, there is none to my belief, that, either with greater delight one should aim, or with greater desire one should contemplate, that fora 'l capo da noi in the spacious fields of the Aether one wanders. Hellenic empires and with the vivid splendor of their rays gently draw the eyes of those who concern them, and with the unknown harmony of their motions, sites, and magnitudes awaken in curious human minds admiration, and with it the innate desire to learn. External links Category:1633 births Category:1714 deaths Category:Mathematicians from Italy