Filippo Salviati

Ceremonial spade of the Accademia della Crusca belonging to 'Affidato' (Filippo Salviati)

Filippo Vincenzo Romolo Salviati (29 January 1583 (Florence) – 22 March 1614 (Barcelona)) was an Italian nobleman, scientist and friend of Galileo.[1] He is remembered today mainly because he appears as one of the figures in Galileo's controversial work the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632).[2][3]

  1. ^ Caracciolo, Allì. "SALVIATI, Filippo Vincenzo Romolo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Treccani. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. ^ Roger Wagner; Andrew Briggs (2016-02-25). The Penultimate Curiosity: How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions. Oxford University Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-19-106514-9.
  3. ^ Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems Galileo Galilei, translated by Stillman Drake

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