A Renaissance Scientist - Evangelista Torricelli C.A.S. Evangelista Torricelli was born on 0ctober 15, 1608 in Faezna, Romagna (Now Italy). He grew up in a poor family and his parents were Gaspare Torricelli and Caterina Angetti. Gaspare was a textile worker. Evangelista was the oldest of three children. At a young age his parents noticed his incredible talents and, knowing they didn't have the money to give him a good education, they sent him to …showed first 75 words of 548 total…

…showed last 75 words of 548 total…the barometer. Torricelli's amazing contributions mean that if he lived he would definitely have made other amazing mathematical discoveries. Sets of inconsistencies which happened through badly chosen use of the new calculus were found in his manuscripts and show the depth of his understanding. In fact he may have certainly made contributions which will never be known, for all of his ideas were never rightly recorded. Evangelist died on October 25, 1647 in Florence, Tuscany (now Italy).