| Pioneer | Journal where reappraisal appeared | Title | Link to article containing reappraisal |
| Bonaventura Cavalieri | Science in Context | "Of pashas, popes, and indivisibles" | 23g |
Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598-1647) was an Italian mathematician who
worked on indivisibles. Both he and his student Stefano Degli Angeli
(1623-1697) were members of the order of the jesuats (with an "a").
The order fell out of favor with the pope who suppressed it in 1668
and transferred its assets to the war effort against the Ottomans, who
prevailed a year later (upon hearing the news, the pope fell ill and
died a few months later).
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