Italian inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, by Italians.
Italian people – living in the Italic peninsula or abroad – have been throughout history[3] the source of important inventions and innovations in the fields of writing,[4][5] calendar,[6] mechanical[7] and civil engineering,[8][9][10][11] musical notation,[12] celestial observation,[13] perspective,[14] warfare,[15][16][17][18] long distance communication,[19][20][21] storage[22] and production[23][24] of energy, modern medicine,[25] polymerization[26][27] and information technology.[28][29]
Italians also contributed in theorizing civil law,[30][31] scientific method (particularly in the fields of physics and astronomy),[32] double-entry bookkeeping,[33] mathematical algebra[34] and analysis,[35][36] classical and celestial mechanics.[37][38] Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two.
The following is a list of inventions, innovations or discoveries known or generally recognized to be Italian.
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The following is an extract of the most noteworthy geographical discoveries, partially or totally Italian: