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G. Cardano. A report on... Gerolamo Cardano a well-known mathematician, doctor,
and astrologist was born in Pavia on September 24, 1501. ...
G. Cardano. A report on... Gerolamo Cardano a well-known mathematician, doctor,
and astrologist was born in Pavia on September 24, 1501. ...
... equations, was published in 1545 by the Italian mathematician Gerolamo Cardano in
his ... in geometry was the publication by the French engineer G?rd Desargues ...
... 31 Luigi Firpo, L'utopia nell'eta' della controriforma (Turin: G. Giappichelli,
1977 ... of the Modern Language Association, 46 (1931), 763-80 ^ Cardano, Girolamo A ...
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Gerolamo Cardano a well-known mathematician, doctor, and astrologist was born in Pavia on September 24, 1501. The illegitimate son of a lawyer Facio Cardano. Gerolamo went to school in his hometown in Pavia until he moved to Padua where he became a Rector of the university. Here he attained a degree in medicine. In 1524 Cardano moved to Sacco where he married and gained the chair of mathematics at Academia Palatina. One decade later he lost this chair too Zuanne da Coi.
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In the year of 1535, right after Cardano lost his chair too Zuanne da Coi. Niccolo won a mathematical competition by defeating Antonio Maria Fior. This revolved around the problem of the cubic equation. On hearing this news Cardano invited Tartaglia to Milan. Tartaglia flatly refused, However Tartaglia did visit Cardano in 1539 and told him what he needed to know how to solve the cubic condition it would never be published.
In 1552 Cardano was hired to become a doctor at St.Andrews, the archbishop hired him. While a doctor Cardano helped several well-known people in Europe. He diagnosed King Edward the 4th with scarlet fever. With his astrologist skills Cardano predicted that King Edward world live until the average age of (55years 3 months 17 days).
On returning to Italy Cardano lived in Pavia. He gained a reputation for being: a heavy gambler, a cheat, and other accusations. Cardano was said to have cut on of his sons ears off in a fit of rage and another son’s head cut off for the crime of murder. Cardano then later took the chair at Bologna University. On October 14 1570 Cardano was sent to jail for the charge of sorcery for predicting the horoscope of Jesus Christ. On the request of the Pope Cardano was then released from prison, the only catch to this was that he was to never teach again in the states of Papal States. In 1571 Cardano moved to Rome on the request of the Pope. His job in Rome was to give predictions to the Pope on his...
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