1608–1679 Italian physicist and anatomist who authored one of the earliest treatments of animal motion based on mechanical principles.
Keywords: anatomy; physiology; biomechanics; Marcello Malpighi
Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso
K Galle, Imperial College, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003569
| Further Reading | |
| book Borelli G (1666) "Theoricae mediceorum planetarum ex causis physicis deductae". Florence. | |
| book Borelli G (1989) On the Movement of Animals, Maquet P (ed.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. | |
| book Baldini U (1997) "Animal motion before Borelli, 1600–1680". In: Meli D (ed.) Marcello Malpighi: Anatomist and Physician, pp. 193–246. Florence: Leo S Olschki | |
| Kardel T (1997) Function and structure in early modern muscular mechanics. Acta Anatomica 159: 61–70. | |
| Meli D (1996) The neoterics and political power in Spanish Italy: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli and his circle. History of Science 34: 57–89. | |
| book Meli D (1997) "The posthumous dispute between Borelli and Malpighi". In: Meli D (ed.) Marcello Malpighi: Anatomist and Physician, pp. 247–275. Florence: Leo S Olschki | |
| Meli D (1998) Shadows and deception: from Borelli's Theoricaeto the Saggiof the Cimento. British Journal for the History of Science 31: 383–402. | |
| book Scorsone A (1993) Giovanni Alfonso Borrelli: Ricerche e considerazioni sulla vita e sulle opere. Palermo: Brotto. | |
