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Tartaglia, NIccolò

Born: Brescia, Italy, 1499 or 1500

Died: Venice, Italy, December 13, 1557

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Considered one of the greatest Italian algebraists from 500, he is principally known for his contribution to the solution of cubic equations and the dispute with Lodovico Ferrari and Girolamo Cardano. Known are his studies of ballistics and his works as editor and translator of Euclid and Archimedes.

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  1. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Museo Galileo, Piazza dei Giudici, 1, Florence, Italy

    Andrea Bernardoni

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  1. University of Verona, Mantova, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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Bernardoni, A. (2015). Tartaglia, NIccolò. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_81-1

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