Gerolamo Cardano - Wikipedia
WEBGerolamo Cardano (Italian: [dʒeˈrɔːlamo karˈdaːno]; also Girolamo [1] or Geronimo; [2] French: Jérôme Cardan; Latin: Hieronymus Cardanus; 24 September 1501– 21 September 1576) was an Italian polymath whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer ...
Girolamo Cardano (1501 - 1576) - Biography - MacTutor History of ...
WEBSep 24, 2011 · Girolamo Cardan or Cardano was an Italian doctor and mathematician who is famed for his work Ars Magna which was the first Latin treatise devoted solely to algebra. In it he gave the methods of solution of the cubic and quartic equations which he had learnt from Tartaglia. View nine larger pictures.
Mathematical Treasure: Cardano's Ars Magna
WEBRenaissance man Gerolamo Cardano was a physician, mathematician, gambler, and writer. Cardano’s Ars Magna , published in 1545, is often considered the start of a comprehensive theory for solving algebraic equations.
The Scandalous History of the Cubic Formula | Quanta Magazine
WEBJun 30, 2022 · No less dramatic was a 16th-century conflict between Italian mathematicians Gerolamo Cardano, a brilliant but troubled polymath, and Niccolò Fontana, better known as Tartaglia (meaning “the stammerer,” after a teenage facial injury from a …
Girolamo Cardano | Renaissance, Astrology & Algebra | Britannica
WEBSep 20, 2024 · Girolamo Cardano was an Italian physician, mathematician, and astrologer who gave the first clinical description of typhus fever and whose book Ars magna (The Great Art; or, The Rules of Algebra) is one of the cornerstones in the history of algebra.
Girolamo [Geronimo] Cardano - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBApr 23, 2013 · In addition to being one of the most original and talented physicians, mathematicians and astrologers of his time, Girolamo Cardano (b. 1501, Pavia, d. 1576, Rome) occupies an important place in the history of Renaissance philosophy.
Optimism and the Inquisition: The Extraordinary Life of Girolamo …
WEBMar 3, 2020 · Girolamo Cardano was a 16th-century physician, mathematician, philosopher, scientist, encyclopedist, and inventor. During his life, he was beaten, imprisoned, survived a plague, suffered...
A Mathematical Duel in 16th Century Venice (Excerpt) - History …
WEBMay 17, 2020 · Gerolamo Cardano was a physician, gifted scholar, and notorious gambler who would not hesitate to use flattery and even trickery to learn Tartaglia’s secret.
Gerolamo Cardano and Physician, Mathematician, and Gambler
WEBOn September 24, 1501, Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler Gerolamo Cardano was born. He wrote more than 200 works on medicine, mathematics, physics, philosophy, religion, and music.
Girolamo Cardano | The Engines of Our Ingenuity
WEBSixteenth-century physician Girolamo Cardano was not only a Renaissance man in the truest sense, but one of the most colorful figures of his era. A prolific writer, Cardano produced over 130 printed works and left another 100 unfinished manuscripts at his death.
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