13 Facts About Jerome Cardan

Jerome Cardan was one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance, and was one of the key figures in the foundation of probability and the earliest introducer of the binomial coefficients and the binomial theorem in the Western world.

Jerome Cardan made significant contributions to hypocycloids, published in De proportionibus, in 1570.

Jerome Cardan published with attribution the solution of Scipione del Ferro to the cubic equation and the solution of Cardano's student Lodovico Ferrari to the quartic equation in his 1545 book Ars Magna, an influential work on algebra.

Jerome Cardan used the game of throwing dice to understand the basic concepts of probability.

Jerome Cardan demonstrated the efficacy of defining odds as the ratio of favourable to unfavourable outcomes .

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Jerome Cardan was aware of the multiplication rule for independent events but was not certain about what values should be multiplied.

Jerome Cardan is credited with the invention of the Cardan suspension or gimbal.

Jerome Cardan published two encyclopedias of natural science which contain a wide variety of inventions, facts, and occult superstitions.

Jerome Cardan introduced the Cardan grille, a cryptographic writing tool, in 1550.

Jerome Cardan was familiar with a report by Rudolph Agricola about a deaf mute who had learned to write.

Jerome Cardan obtained a position as professor of medicine at the University of Bologna.

Jerome Cardan moved to Rome, where he received a lifetime annuity from Pope Gregory XIII and finished his autobiography.

Jerome Cardan was accepted in the Royal College of Physicians, and as well as practising medicine he continued his philosophical studies until his death in 1576.