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Date Posted: 01:33:10 April 08 2004, Thursday
Author: Mike
Subject: Tartaglia

There are more interesting Tartaglia's in the world than Nicolo.

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[> Re: Tartaglia -- Factitious, 18:50:31 April 08 2004, Thursday

>There are more interesting Tartaglia's in the world
>than Nicolo.

Did you read the link? The first paragraph alone brings him up to a "Princess Bride" level of quality.

Then further on he gets into a bitter contest with a fool who learned some amazing knowledge at the deathbed of a genius. Nobody else in the world knew how to factor the partial cubic, so it looked like Tartaglia would have no chance, but on the very eve of the contest, in a fit of inspiration, he hits upon a solution even more powerful than the one his opponent had learned.

Then Cardan steals Tartaglia's accomplishment under false pretenses, with a ruse suggesting that he could help him meet an influential Milanese governor. Cardan published the formula, and then Tartaglia published a book insulting Cardan.

It ends with Tartaglia descending into bitterness and hatred, eventually chickening out from a debate with Ferrrari, Cardan's brightest student, in disgrace.

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