Jacqueline

I was born on the 15th October in 1608 in Faenza, Romagna. I was an Italian physicist and mathematician and my most famous invention was the barometer, an apparatus which is used to measure the amount of precipitation. I was born in a poor family but nevertheless with the help of my uncle I could start my studies about mathematics and philosophy. In 1626 Benedetto Castelli began to teach me in mathematics, astronomy and mechanics. When I finished studying in went to Florence and there I got the assistant of Galileo Galilei. After Galileo’s death I got the Court mathematician of the Great Duke Ferdinando II de Medici and a professor of mathematics at the University of Pisa. I earned a lot of money but when I was 39 I died because of an infection.
 * __Evangelista Torricelli __**
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I was the inventor of the barometer. I was the first person to explain the phenomena of wind force correctly. I was the assistant of Galileo Galilei, I constructed his telescope and I built the first version of a microscope.
 * __I contributed to the renaissance in the following ways: __**

 Other scientists were able to find proof for my theories; I helped meteorology with developing the barometer; a scientific instrument to measure atmospheric pressure.
 * __I think these contributions were particularly important because… __**