The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish to prevent me from freely considering figures hanging on a balance imagined to be at an infinite distance beyond the confines of the world?-- Evangelista Torricelli
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Name: Evangelista Torricelli Type: Scientist Nationality: Italian Birth: October 15, 1608 Death: October 25, 1647 |