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Girolamo cardano italian physician and mathematician britannica. A professor of mathematics at padua, and of medicine at pavia and bologna, he was the the author of more than a. The book of my life is a peculiar collection of cardanos personal recollections and meditations on his life, given as a set of discrete essays on a he traveled europe to treat a variety of early modern bigwigs, he cast horoscopes his own, seemingly obsessively, taught, wrote copiously and, it seems, pissed a good number of people off. Morleys study is based upon the facts of cardans life as the physician left them generously scattered throughout all his books. The life of girolamo cardano of milan, physician, by. Books by girolamo cardano author of the book of my life.
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Girolamo cardano, girolamo also spelled gerolamo, english jerome cardan, born september 24, 1501, pavia, duchy of milan italydied september 21, 1576, rome, italian physician, mathematician, and astrologer who gave the first clinical description of typhus fever and whose book ars magna the great art. Philosopher, physician and mathematician born in pavia in the former duchy of milan, italian september 24, 1501 and died in. Morleys study is based upon the facts of cardans life as the. Cardano was the illegitimate son of fazio cardano and chiara micheri, a widow of uncertain age who was both ignorant and irascible. Discover book depositorys huge selection of girolamo cardano books online. A bright star of the italian renaissance, girolamo cardano was.
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