Gerolamo Cardano
Mathematician, Academic
1501 – 1576
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Who was Gerolamo Cardano?
Gerolamo Cardano was an Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer, philosopher and gambler. He wrote more than 200 works on medicine, mathematics, physics, philosophy, religion, and music. His gambling led him to formulate elementary rules in probability, making him one of the founders of the field.
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- Born
- Sep 24, 1501
Pavia - Also known as
- Girolamo Cardano
- Parents
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pavia
- University of Padua
- Lived in
- Pavia
- Died
- Sep 21, 1576
Rome
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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