Paolo Casati

Reverend
Paolo Casati
Born(1617-11-23)23 November 1617
Died22 December 1707(1707-12-22) (aged 90)
Occupations
  • Mathematician
  • Physicist
Known forhis contributions to physics experiments and observations
Parent(s)Lodovico Casati and Vittoria Casati (née de' Punginibbi)
Academic background
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineMathematician, Physicist
Institutions
Notable studentsFrancesco Lana de Terzi
InfluencedSchott

Paolo Casati SJ (Latin: Paulus Casatus; 23 November 1617 22 December 1707) was an Italian Jesuit mathematician. He belonged to the jesuit scientific school founded in the Provincia Veneta by Giuseppe Biancani, and represented later by Niccolò Cabeo, Niccolò Zucchi, Giovanni Battista Riccioli and Francesco Maria Grimaldi.