Girolamo cardano, italian physician, mathematician, and astrologer who gave the first clinical description of typhus fever and whose book ars magna the great art. Girolamo cardano 15011576 has been called a genius and a madman. Almost died many times l after 1 month, 5 carbuncles on his face in the shape of a cross. Oct 31, 2002 the book of my life by girolamo cardano, 9781590170168, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A professor of mathematics at padua, and of medicine at pavia and bologna, he was the the author of more than a hundred books on subjects ranging from the natural sciences to medicine, history, and music.
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Gambling led cardano to the study of probability, and he was the first writer to recognize that random events are governed by mathematical laws. Girolamo cardano s most popular book is significant figures. Books by girolamo cardano author of the book of my life. Chiara delivered her baby in pavia, in the house of family friends, and not in milan, to defuse a possible scandal concerning the illegitimate birth. May 08, 2014 this video is about the book the book of my life by girolamo cardano. Girolamo cardano september 24, 1501 september 20, 1576. The life of girolamo cardano of milan, physician, by. Gaspare cardano, a physician by profession, and one of my kinsmen and pupils, had attempted this very thing a few years ago. Cardanos son poisoned his wife, there was no money to buy out of it, and the boy was executed, leaving his father almost irreparably broken in spirit.
Condemned by the inquisition to house arrest in his old age, cardano wrote the book of my life, an unvarnished and often outrageous account of his character and conduct. Recommended for information on cardano are his autobiography, the book of my life 1643. Whether discussing his sex life or his diet, the plots of academic rivals or meetings with supernatural beings, or his deep sorrow when his beloved son was executed for murder, cardano displays the same unbounded curiosity that made him a scientific pioneer. Pdf anthony grafton, introduction, in girolamo cardano. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Cardanos life was, in fact, an impressive catalogue of disappointments. Cardano was notoriously short of money and kept himself solvent by being an accomplished gambler and chess player. Cardano may perhaps be regarded as typical, yet very special, among the men of the renaissance. Read more inspire your inbox sign up for daily fun facts about this day in history, updates, and special offers. 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. In his autobiography, cardano claimed that his mother had attempted to abort him. These brief crosssections of my history were in turn written down by me in narra tive form to become this, my book.
Buy a cheap copy of the book of my life by girolamo cardano. Gerolamo cardano was born after failed attempts to induce an abortion, in pavia, italy on 24 september, 1501, the illegitimate son of the jurist, fazio cardano, and chiara micheri. The other one seems to have a solar system on it with diamonds, boxes and lines, concentric circles. Girolamo cardano unabridged and corrected republication of the work first published. A bright star of the italian renaissance, girolamo cardano was an internationallysoughtafter astrologer, physician. Father prayed to saint jerome l fell down the stairs holding a hammer while recovering. 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.
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