#torricelli — Public Fediverse posts
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De Weyler e Mallory ao genocídio atual contra o povo cubano
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De Weyler e Mallory ao genocídio atual contra o povo cubano
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Evangelista Torricelli’s (1608–47) solid is defined by rotating the hyperbola $y = 1/x$ about the $x$ axis and truncating it at $x=1$ (see attached image).
It has infinite length and infinite surface area but finite volume.
This counter-intuitive discovery caused philosophical disturbance, for it seemed to violate the distinction between finite and infinite.
Torricelli, foreseeing the scrutiny to which his work would be subjected, took the precaution of preempting some criticisms by supplying two different proofs, one by ‘indivisibles’, one by exhaustion.
But René Descartes (1596–1650) seems not to have been provoked to any philosophical objections and thought that Torricelli's discovery was beautiful.
Henry Needler (fl. 1690–1718), a perhaps slightly obscure figure who foreshadowed 18th-century discussions of the sublime, seemed to be impressed by the solid's ‘Grandeur and Magnificence’ and thought that it would ‘afford the greatest Delight and Satisfaction to curious Minds’.
(Today, Torricelli's solid is also called ‘Gabriel's horn’ or ‘Torricelli's trumpet’.)
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#infinite #Descartes #HistMath #HistPhil #Torricelli #MathematicalBeauty #sublime #aesthetics
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Evangelista Torricelli’s (1608–47) solid is defined by rotating the hyperbola $y = 1/x$ about the $x$ axis and truncating it at $x=1$ (see attached image).
It has infinite length and infinite surface area but finite volume.
This counter-intuitive discovery caused philosophical disturbance, for it seemed to violate the distinction between finite and infinite.
Torricelli, foreseeing the scrutiny to which his work would be subjected, took the precaution of preempting some criticisms by supplying two different proofs, one by ‘indivisibles’, one by exhaustion.
But René Descartes (1596–1650) seems not to have been provoked to any philosophical objections and thought that Torricelli's discovery was beautiful.
Henry Needler (fl. 1690–1718), a perhaps slightly obscure figure who foreshadowed 18th-century discussions of the sublime, seemed to be impressed by the solid's ‘Grandeur and Magnificence’ and thought that it would ‘afford the greatest Delight and Satisfaction to curious Minds’.
(Today, Torricelli's solid is also called ‘Gabriel's horn’ or ‘Torricelli's trumpet’.)
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#infinite #Descartes #HistMath #HistPhil #Torricelli #MathematicalBeauty #sublime #aesthetics
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Evangelista Torricelli’s (1608–47) solid is defined by rotating the hyperbola $y = 1/x$ about the $x$ axis and truncating it at $x=1$ (see attached image).
It has infinite length and infinite surface area but finite volume.
This counter-intuitive discovery caused philosophical disturbance, for it seemed to violate the distinction between finite and infinite.
Torricelli, foreseeing the scrutiny to which his work would be subjected, took the precaution of preempting some criticisms by supplying two different proofs, one by ‘indivisibles’, one by exhaustion.
But René Descartes (1596–1650) seems not to have been provoked to any philosophical objections and thought that Torricelli's discovery was beautiful.
Henry Needler (fl. 1690–1718), a perhaps slightly obscure figure who foreshadowed 18th-century discussions of the sublime, seemed to be impressed by the solid's ‘Grandeur and Magnificence’ and thought that it would ‘afford the greatest Delight and Satisfaction to curious Minds’.
(Today, Torricelli's solid is also called ‘Gabriel's horn’ or ‘Torricelli's trumpet’.)
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#infinite #Descartes #HistMath #HistPhil #Torricelli #MathematicalBeauty #sublime #aesthetics
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Evangelista Torricelli’s (1608–47) solid is defined by rotating the hyperbola $y = 1/x$ about the $x$ axis and truncating it at $x=1$ (see attached image).
It has infinite length and infinite surface area but finite volume.
This counter-intuitive discovery caused philosophical disturbance, for it seemed to violate the distinction between finite and infinite.
Torricelli, foreseeing the scrutiny to which his work would be subjected, took the precaution of preempting some criticisms by supplying two different proofs, one by ‘indivisibles’, one by exhaustion.
But René Descartes (1596–1650) seems not to have been provoked to any philosophical objections and thought that Torricelli's discovery was beautiful.
Henry Needler (fl. 1690–1718), a perhaps slightly obscure figure who foreshadowed 18th-century discussions of the sublime, seemed to be impressed by the solid's ‘Grandeur and Magnificence’ and thought that it would ‘afford the greatest Delight and Satisfaction to curious Minds’.
(Today, Torricelli's solid is also called ‘Gabriel's horn’ or ‘Torricelli's trumpet’.)
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#infinite #Descartes #HistMath #HistPhil #Torricelli #MathematicalBeauty #sublime #aesthetics
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Evangelista Torricelli’s (1608–47) solid is defined by rotating the hyperbola $y = 1/x$ about the $x$ axis and truncating it at $x=1$ (see attached image).
It has infinite length and infinite surface area but finite volume.
This counter-intuitive discovery caused philosophical disturbance, for it seemed to violate the distinction between finite and infinite.
Torricelli, foreseeing the scrutiny to which his work would be subjected, took the precaution of preempting some criticisms by supplying two different proofs, one by ‘indivisibles’, one by exhaustion.
But René Descartes (1596–1650) seems not to have been provoked to any philosophical objections and thought that Torricelli's discovery was beautiful.
Henry Needler (fl. 1690–1718), a perhaps slightly obscure figure who foreshadowed 18th-century discussions of the sublime, seemed to be impressed by the solid's ‘Grandeur and Magnificence’ and thought that it would ‘afford the greatest Delight and Satisfaction to curious Minds’.
(Today, Torricelli's solid is also called ‘Gabriel's horn’ or ‘Torricelli's trumpet’.)
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#infinite #Descartes #HistMath #HistPhil #Torricelli #MathematicalBeauty #sublime #aesthetics
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Di Riffa o di Raffa
Domenica 12 gennaio, dalle 19:00, presso circolo anarchico bruzzi-malatesta, Via Torricelli 19, milano
Circolo dei Malfattori - via Torricelli 19
Riffa o di Raffa! La riffa ufficiale della palestra popolare Torricelli. Ricicliamo regali di natale, cose immateriali e/o qualsiasi pensiero. Mettiamo tutto in un mucchio ed estraiamo.
Chiunque può portare regali, meglio se impacchettati.
A seguire cena vegan e vin brulè.Sosteniamo lo sport autogestito e popolare, difendiamo gli spazi collettivi autogestiti e occupati!
#Polisportiva #autofinanziamento #SportPopolare #cena #Torricelli