Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
1608 CE–1679 CE · Naples
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni alˈfɔnso boˈrɛlli]; 28 January 1608 – 31 December 1679) was a Renaissance Italian physiologist, physicist, and mathematician who is often described as the father of biomechanics. He contributed to the modern principle of scientific investigation by continuing Galileo's practice of testing hypotheses against observation. Trained in mathematics, Borelli also made extensive studies of Jupiter's moons, the mechanics of animal locomotion and, in microscopy, of the constituents of blood. He also used microscopy to investigate the stomatal movement of plants, and undertook studies in medicine and geology. During his career, he enjoyed the patronage of Queen Christina of Sweden. He was the first scientist to explain that animal and human bodily movements are caused by muscular contractions.
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- William Harvey· 1578 CE–1657 CE
- Marin Mersenne· 1588 CE–1648 CE
- Pierre Gassendi· 1592 CE–1655 CE
- René Descartes· 1596 CE–1650 CE
- Bonaventura Cavalieri· 1598 CE–1647 CE
- Otto von Guericke· 1602 CE–1686 CE
- Pierre de Fermat· 1607 CE–1665 CE
- Evangelista Torricelli· 1608 CE–1647 CE
- Thomas Sydenham· 1624 CE–1689 CE
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini· 1625 CE–1712 CE
- Robert Boyle· 1627 CE–1691 CE
- John Ray· 1627 CE–1705 CE
- Marcello Malpighi· 1628 CE–1694 CE
- Christiaan Huygens· 1629 CE–1695 CE
- Isaac Barrow· 1630 CE–1677 CE
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek· 1632 CE–1723 CE
- Christopher Wren· 1632 CE–1723 CE
- Robert Hooke· 1635 CE–1703 CE
- Jan Swammerdam· 1637 CE–1680 CE
- James Gregory· 1638 CE–1675 CE
- Nicolas Steno· 1638 CE–1686 CE
- Regnier de Graaf· 1641 CE–1673 CE
- Nehemiah Grew· 1641 CE–1712 CE
- Ole Rømer· 1644 CE–1710 CE
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- Shunzhi Emperor· 1638 CE–1661 CE
- Alexis I· 1629 CE–1676 CE
- Shivaji· 1630 CE–1680 CE
- Ibrahim· 1615 CE–1648 CE
- Metacomet (King Philip)· 1638 CE–1676 CE
- Shah Jahan· 1592 CE–1666 CE
- Tokugawa Iemitsu· 1604 CE–1651 CE
- Chongzhen Emperor· 1611 CE–1644 CE
- Murad IV· 1612 CE–1640 CE
- Po'pay (Popé)· 1630 CE–1692 CE
- Aurangzeb· 1618 CE–1707 CE
- Njinga Mbande· 1583 CE–1663 CE
- Massasoit (Ousamequin)· 1581 CE–1661 CE
- Michael I· 1596 CE–1645 CE
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