Francesco Barozzi
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Francesco Barozzi (9 August 1537 – 23 November 1604), in Latin Franciscus Barocius, was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist.
Life
Barozzi was born on the island of
Barozzi translated many works of the ancients, including Proclus’s edition of Euclid's Elements (published in Venice in 1560), as well as mathematical works by Hero, Pappus of Alexandria, and Archimedes.
Mathematics
Barozzi helped in the general reappraisal of the geometry of
In his Opusculum: in quo una Oratio et due Questiones, altera de Certitude et altera de Medietate Mathematicarum continentur, Barozzi stressed that "the certitude of mathematics is contained in the syntactic rigor of demonstrations." Barozzi dedicated this work to Daniele Barbaro.[1]
Other works
He also wrote Rythmomachia (1572), which he dedicated to Camille Paleotti, a Senator of
As an antiquarian, he copied many Greek inscriptions on Crete. His collection of inscriptions was later inherited by his nephew Iacopo Barozzi (1562–1617), who edited and expanded it. This collection was later acquired in 1629 by the University of Oxford. They are wide-ranging in date and subject matter and can still be found in the Bodleian Library.
He studies Epistemology, discusses the mathematical proofs and the degree of certainty of each one, applying the principles of Aristotelian theory of demonstrative science.[2] Insert Gnomonics among the disciplines within Astronomy, his intent is to safeguard the autonomy of Astronomy.[3]
The Greek Nikolaos Panagiotakis, writes that he was the only one of the Venetian nobles who contributed to the Cretan Renaissance, bringing Crete on the spiritual currents of Europe.[4]
Charges of sorcery
Barozzi was accused of being a sorcerer, a charge that he did not help refute by publishing his Pronostico Universale di tutto il mondo (
Around 1583, Barozzi was tried by the Inquisition on an unknown charge and found guilty. In 1587, he was charged with apostasy, heresy, and for engaging in the occult. He was accused of causing a torrential rain storm in Crete. Found guilty, he was forced to donate silver crosses at the cost of 100 ducats and received a suspended prison sentence. Barozzi as a student in college also was accused of cutting off someones hair for uses unknown, perhaps his sorcery habits.
Death and legacy
He died in
References
- ISBN 0-262-70054-9
- ISBN 978-88-6677-233-0.
- ^ Nuncius (in Italian). L.S. Olschki. 1989. p. 9.
- ^ Panagiotakis, Nikolaos (1988). Education during the Venetian rule. Crete: History and Culture. Association of Local Associations of Municipalities & Communities of Crete. p. 176.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Francesco Barozzi", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- The Galileo Project
- Text of Barozzi's Translation of Hero
- Michele Sbacchi, Euclidism and Theory of Architecture (abstract)
- Online Galleries, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries High resolution images of works by and/or portraits of Francesco Barozzi in .jpg and .tiff format.