Talk:Gerolamo Cardano
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What is the source for the information regarding Cardano's daughter?
A comment: I feel that the remarks regarding the wife of Cardano's son are not in place, since they give legitimacy to her murder.
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This is excellent. I've long had a file with this info online. I suggest only a disversion from "Girolamo", which is the spelling of other citations by Google.jonhays 01:17, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I agree. This article rocks. It seems to leave out some important stuff from Cardan's mathematical career, though. p
Asimov says that there is a persistent story that Cardano astrologically predicted the date of his own death, and when the day came and found him in good health, he committed suicide, but adds that this sounds too dramatic to be true. Any comments? PatGallacher 15:33, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Concerning his suicide, he did torture and starve himself throughout his life, so a mode of self-destruction along those lines wouldn't be too far fetched. Incidentally, I researched Cardano for over a year in college in preparation to write a play that I never finished, so doing a major overhaul of this article might be a good way for me to get around to completing it. Jason Donaldson 23:00, 2005 August 9 (UTC)
[edit] Girolamo, not Gerolamo
While Gerolamo is the modern spelling, Girolamo appears to be the more popular, and original spelling. Even Britannica spells it this way. — 0918BRIAN • 2006-03-15 20:21
