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Marin Getaldić

Items exhibited as part of the NSK exhibition on Marin Getaldić.

Exhibition on Croatian 17th-century mathematician and physicist Marin Getaldić on view by 26 June    

11 – 26 June 2026

The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is presenting Marin Getaldić – 400 years later (Marin Getaldić – 400 godina poslije), an exhibition spotlighting the legacy of Croatia’s greatest mathematician and physicist at the turn of the 17th century. After a welcome address by the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević at the exhibition’s opening, a Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) and the Head of the Academy’s Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science Vjekoslav Jerolimov gave a brief overview of Getaldić’s achievements and their relevance to both Croatian and European science. The Head of the

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The visual identity of NSK's and HAZU's 2026 exhibition on Marin Getaldić.

Exhibition spotlighting the legacy of Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician ahead of his time

11 – 26 June 2026

From 11 to 26 June 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be showing Marin Getaldić – 400 years later (Marin Getaldić – 400 godina poslije), an exhibition dedicated to Croatia’s greatest mathematician and physicist and the pride of Dubrovnik. Prepared in consideration of the fact that while Getaldić’s name is widely known among the Croatian public, the exact extent of his contribution to science is still insufficiently recognised, the exhibition will feature the original copies of the great scholar’s works preserved in NSK’s collections.

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