What is Evangelista Torricelli?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Evangelista Torricelli | image = Evangelista Torricelli by Lorenzo Lippi (circa 1647, Galleria Silvano Lodi & Due).jpg | caption = Evangelista Torricelli by [[Lorenzo Lippi]] ({{c.|1647}}) | birth_name = Evangelista Torricelli | birth_date = {{birth date|1608|10|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rome]], [[Papal States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1647|10|25|1608|10|15}} | death_place = [[Florence]], [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]] | death_cause = | residence = | nationality = Italian | known_for = * [[Barometer]] * [[Torricelli's law]] * [[Torricellian vacuum]] | awards = [[Enrico Fermi Award]] (1966) | signature = | footnotes = | spouse = | children = | field = [[Physics]], [[Mathematics]] | work_institutions = [[University of Pisa]] }} '''Evangelista Torricelli''' (15 October 1608 – 25 October 1647) was an [[Italy|Italian]] physicist and mathematician. He was a student of [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]. He is known for his [[invention]] of the [[barometer]]. He is also known for improving the field of [[optics]] and his work on the [[method of indivisibles]]. Torricelli died from [[typhoid fever]] in [[Florence]] on 25 October 1647 at the age of 39. {{Biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Torricelli, Evangelista}} [[Category:1608 births]] [[Category:1647 deaths]] [[Category:Italian physicists]] [[Category:Italian mathematicians]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Italy]] [[Category:Deaths from typhoid fever]]