Scientists and Mathematicians on Money Florence Sicily Personal Skydiving Astrophotography Scientists and Mathematicians on Money Page: 1 2 3 4 5 Back to Jacob Bourjaily's Home Page	Banknotes featuring Scientists and Mathematicians: Page Two Page One Page Four Page Two Banknotes Home Page Three Page Five Click on each image to see a high resolution version (600dpi) of the front and reverse.   Galileo Galilei, 2000 Itialian Lire (1973) Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy. His scientific work had enormous impact on the future of science. Galileo was the first to adequately describe inertia, the linear superposition of velocities, scale, and gravitational acceleration. His writings on the Copernican model of the planets transformed opion so quickly that he met trouble from the Church, which supported the epicycles of Ptolemy. He remained convicted of heresy until 1992. This note is now obsolete.   Nicolaus Copernicus, 1000 old Polish Zloty (1982) This note is now obsolete.   Nicolaus Copernicus, 1000 old Polish Zloty (1965) This note is now obsolete.   Kristian Birkeland, 200 Norwegian Kroner (1994) This note is still legal currency.   Alessandro Volta, 10000 Italian Lire (1984) This note is now obsolete.   Benjamin Franklin, 100 United States Dollars (1985) This note is still legal currency and is still in print.   Jurij Vega, 50 Slovenian Tolars (1992) This note is no longer legal currency.   Ruggero Boscovich, 100000 Croatian October Dinar (1993) This note is now obsolete.   Ruggero Boscovich, 50000 Croatian October Dinar (1993) This note is now obsolete.   Ruggero Boscovich, 10 Croatian Dinar (1991) This note is now obsolete.   Ruggero Boscovich, 5 Croatian Dinar (1991) This note is now obsolete.   Ruggero Boscovich, 1 Croatian Dinar (1991) This note is now obsolete.