Giambattista della Porta

Giambattista della Porta , also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta, was an <a href="/facts/Italians/dsdUeJ1n">Italian</a> scholar, <a href="/facts/Polymath/eqIfjQRu">polymath</a> and <a href="/facts/Playwright/Mdtsordb">playwright</a> who lived in <a href="/facts/Naples/SXrFcg2C">Naples</a> at the time of the <a href="/facts/Renaissance/4D9Bc6KU">Renaissance</a>, <a href="/facts/Scientific_Revolution/KdeJepMq">Scientific Revolution</a> and <a href="/facts/Counter-Reformation/NLk0bSr6">Counter-Reformation</a>.
Giambattista della Porta spent the majority of his life on scientific endeavours. He benefited from an informal education of tutors and visits from renowned scholars. His most famous work, first published in 1558, is entitled <a href="/facts/Magia_Naturalis/p2zLavyV">Magia Naturalis</a> (Natural Magic). In this book he covered a variety of the subjects he had investigated, including <a href="/facts/Occult/G59eqens">occult philosophy</a>, <a href="/facts/Astrology/kFP09KjH">astrology</a>, <a href="/facts/Alchemy/CEx0U1Em">alchemy</a>, <a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">mathematics</a>, <a href="/facts/Meteorology/xblFr28q">meteorology</a>, and <a href="/facts/Natural_philosophy/CUAsDWdk">natural philosophy</a>. He was also referred to as "professor of secrets".

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