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Today that our knowledge of Torriani's life and work has vastly increased, the need was felt for a book illustrating the life of the great technician from Cremona. Zanetti's volume fully meets this need and brilliantly makes use of the many sources available today, providing a detailed historical reconstruction of the different milieus frequented byTorriani at various stages in his life. Elio Nenci (Universita degli Studi di Milano), Nuncius 34 (2019): 192-194 I wholeheartedly recommend Zanetti's work, which chronicles the career of Janiello Torriani, the prince among the architects of clocks , a master technician in the cutting of gears and a skilled hydrological engineer. Donald J. Kagay (University of Dallas), Sixteenth Century Journal XLIX/4 (2018): 1179-1181 Thanks to deep delving in Italian and Spanish archives and wide reading in the latest secondary sources, Zanetti throws new light on Torriano [a.k.a. Torriani] and the social structures within which he worked. No one interested in the technology of this period can afford to ignore this book. Anthony Turner, Antiquarian Horology, March 2018, pp. 115-116

Das grundlich recherchierte Buch kann jedem, der sich fur die Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte der Fruhen Neuzeit interessiert, warmstens empfohlen werden. [ The thoroughly researched book can be warmly recommended to anyone interested in early modern science and technology. ] Gunther Oestmann, Acta Historica Astronomiae (2019) 66: 210-211 Today that our knowledge of Torriani's life and work has vastly increased, the need was felt for a book illustrating the life of the great technician from Cremona. Zanetti's volume fully meets this need and brilliantly makes use of the many sources available today, providing a detailed historical reconstruction of the different milieus frequented byTorriani at various stages in his life. Elio Nenci (Universita degli Studi di Milano), Nuncius 34 (2019): 192-194 I wholeheartedly recommend Zanetti's work, which chronicles the career of Janiello Torriani, the prince among the architects of clocks , a master technician in the cutting of gears and a skilled hydrological engineer. Donald J. Kagay (University of Dallas), Sixteenth Century Journal XLIX/4 (2018): 1179-1181 Thanks to deep delving in Italian and Spanish archives and wide reading in the latest secondary sources, Zanetti throws new light on Torriano [a.k.a. Torriani] and the social structures within which he worked. No one interested in the technology of this period can afford to ignore this book. Anthony Turner, Antiquarian Horology, March 2018, pp. 115-116

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Cristiano Zanetti received his Ph.D. in History of Science and Technology at the History and Civilization Department of the European University Institute of Fiesole (2012). He has published monographs and articles on Medieval Archaeology and Renaissance Science and Technology, and is active in Public History projects and organizing exhibitions to disseminate the results of his research.

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