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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 11/2009

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Caspar Schott’s Physica Curiosa

Author: J. Francisco Salomão

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 11/2009

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Caspar Schott, who was born in Königshofen, in the diocese of Würtzburg, in 1608, was a Jesuit, a mathematician, physicist, and pedagogue. He first studied at the University of Würzburg, but during the Thirty-Year War, he left the Holy Roman Empire and finished his studies at the University of Palermo, Sicily. Thirty years later, he returned to Würzburg where he taught and wrote until his death in 1666. The works of Schott include writings on hydraulics, optics, and mathematics. However, his most curious work was Physica Curiosa, first published in 1662. …
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Title
Caspar Schott’s Physica Curiosa
Author
J. Francisco Salomão
Publication date
01-11-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 11/2009
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-009-0827-5

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