Paolo Casati

Paolo Casati ( Latinized Paul Casatus; born November 23, 1617 in Piacenza, † December 22, 1707 in Parma ) was an Italian Jesuit mathematician, physicist and astronomer.

Casati joined in 1634 the Order of the Jesuits. After completing his studies, he first taught philosophy and theology at the Collegio Romano in Rome and eventually obtained the chair of mathematics.

1651, he was entrusted with a mission at the court of Queen Christina of Sweden, whose aim was to assess the seriousness of the conversion intentions of the monarch. 1652 he returned to Rome, was then Praepositus the Professed House of the Jesuits in Venice in 1677 and went to Parma, where he taught until his death at the local Jesuit college and confessor of two princesses of the ducal house was.

The lunar crater Casatus was named in 1935 by the IAU for him.

Writings

  • Vacuum proscriptum ( speculation concerning vacuum and especially the horror vacui, 1649)
  • Brevis synopsis Mechanica (1654 )
  • De igne Dissertationes physicae ( 1656)
  • Fabrica et uso del compasso di proportione (through design and use of proportional circles; 1664)
  • Terra machinis mota ( dialogue between Galileo Galilei, Marin Mersenne and Guldin on questions of cosmology, geography, astronomy and geodesy; 1658)
  • Le ceneri dell'Olimpo ventilate ( dialogue on Meteorology; 1673 )
  • De gli horologi solarized ( manuscript on the construction of sundials )
  • Exercitationes matheseos candidatis exhibitaæ ( manuscript with mathematical investigations; 1698 )
  • De Angelis defense philosophica (1703)
  • Opticae Dissertationes (1705 )
Casatus (crater) Pontifical Gregorian University Duchy of Parma Lunar craters International Astronomical Union Carlos Sommervogel Johann Heinrich Zedler Name Authority File
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