Person: Riccati (3), Giordano

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Giordano Riccati made contributions to music, architecture, mechanics and mathematics. He studied and experimented with Young's modulus 25 years before Young.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 25 February 1709, Castelfranco, Veneto (now Italy). Died 20 July 1790, Treviso, Veneto (now Italy).

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Origin Italy


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Github:
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References

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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive