(14. 8. 1530 Venezia, IT – 20. 1. 1590 Torino, IT)
Italian mathematician and physicist
Student of Tartaglia in Venice
Court mathematician of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma
Court advisor of Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoy, Torino
Credit, Wikipedia. Available online http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Benedetti
The MacTutor History of Mathematics.
Available online http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Benedetti.html