b"\n_START_ARTICLE_\nOstilio Ricci\n_START_SECTION_\nBiografie\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nA fost profesor universitar \xc3\xaen Floren\xc8\x9ba la Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, fondata in 1560 de Giorgio Vasari. Ricci is also known for being Galileo Galilei's teacher._NEWLINE_Ricci a fost matematician \xc3\xaen cadrul cur\xc8\x9bii lui Francesco I de' Medici, Mare duce de Toscana in Florenta, in 1580, when Galileo attended his lectures in Pisa._NEWLINE_Galileo was enrolled at the University of Pisa, by his father Vincenzio, in order to study medicine. Instead, Galilei more interested in mathematics, after meeting Ostilio Ricci, a former student of Niccol\xc3\xb2 Tartaglia. Ricci considered the mathematics not to be a distinct science, but a practical tool for problems in mechanics and engineering. Ostilio Ricci is systematically cited in the various biographies of Galileo Galilei."