The Renaissance scientist and dramatist Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615) is noted for his biological index of personality tendencies. He wrote 17 plays. In the course of his writings Giambattista della Porta made misstatements about his age,...

1535-1615 Italian Natural Philosopher and Scientist Giambattista della Porta was a natural philosopher whose ground-breaking development and research in optics was undermined by his belief in miracles and magic. Home educated, della Porta grew up in...

1535-1615 Italian philosopher and scientist who, while employed as a writer of dramas, also did scientific work making optical instruments. He wrote on a variety of topics: optics, cryptography, mechanics, squaring the circle, steam engines, military...

Giambattista della Porta (1535?1 - 1615), also known as Giovan Battista Della Porta, was an Italian scholar, polymath and playwright who lived in Naples at the time of the Scientific Revolution and Reformation. Born in that city to Italian nobility,...