Monte

Guidobaldo Marchese del Monte

Born: 11 Jan 1545 in Pesaro, Italy
Died: 6 Jan 1607 in Montebaroccio, Italy

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Monte's book Liber mechanicorum was regarded as the greatest work on statics since Greek times. It was a return to classical Greek rigour deliberately rejecting the approach of Jordanus, Tartaglia and Cardan. His approach was adopted by Galileo who was Monte's friend for 20 years.

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  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. P L Rose, Materials for a Scientific Biography of Guidobaldo del Monte, Actes du XIIe Congrès International d'Histoire des Sciences Paris 1968 12 (1971), 69-72. 
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