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Gerolamo Cardano

1501 - 1576

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Gerolamo Cardano (Italian: [dʒeˈrɔːlamo karˈdaːno]; also Girolamo or Geronimo; 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, astronomer, philosopher, music theorist, writer, and gambler. He became one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance and one of the key figures in the foundation of probability; he introduced the binomial coefficients and the binomial theorem in the Western world. He wrote more than 200 works on science. Cardano partially invented and described several mechanical devices including the combination lock, the gimbal consisting of three concentric rings allowing a supported compass or gyroscope to rotate freely, and the Cardan shaft with universal joints, which allows the transmission of rotary motion at various angles and is used in vehicles to this day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerolamo Cardano is the 30th most popular mathematician (up from 32nd in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Italy (up from 217th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Gerolamo Cardano was an Italian mathematician and physician who is most famous for his work on probability.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 30 out of 1,004. Before him are Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Évariste Galois, Hero of Alexandria, John von Neumann, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and Diophantus. After him are François Viète, Kurt Gödel, Luca Pacioli, Niels Henrik Abel, Brahmagupta, and Pope Sylvester II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1501, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 3. Before him are Anne Boleyn, and Pope Marcellus II. After him are Isabella of Austria, Yi Hwang, Queen Munjeong, Sahib I Giray, Garcilaso de la Vega, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Leonhart Fuchs, Bairam Khan, and Ivan Susanin. Among people deceased in 1576, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 3. Before him are Titian, and Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Tahmasp I, Aloysius Lilius, Hans Sachs, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Isabella de' Medici, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, and Bálint Bakfark.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 210 out of 5,161. Before him are Adriano Celentano (1938), Constans (320), Leon Battista Alberti (1404), Cato the Elder (-243), Messalina (17), and Clare of Assisi (1193). After him are Pope Martin V (1369), Pope Boniface I (370), Guido of Arezzo (991), Pope Eugene III (1080), Didius Julianus (133), and Pope Alexander I (100).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 4. Before him are Archimedes (-287), Fibonacci (1170), and Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736). After him are Luca Pacioli (1445), Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Archytas (-428), Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), and Lodovico Ferrari (1522).

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