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Guidobaldo del Monte (1545–1607) was one of the most prominent Italian mathematicians from the second half of the sixteenth century. He published influential texts on Archimedean mechanics and perspective that contributed substantially to a better understanding of the mathematical foundations of these sciences. He was also one of the most important patrons of the young Galileo.
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Van Dyck, M. (2019). Del Monte, Guidobaldo. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_58-1
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