It is Gerolamo Cardano that is on my mind. Not just his algebra, which is fairly mind blogging. But the staggering thing about him is who he was - I mean like his essence, which was kind of a bastard in both senses. He was chronically poor even though he was a doctor. This movtivated him to develop a significant probably theory enabling him gamble better. He hung out with guys like Leonardo -- the real one! His eldest son was executed for murdering his cuckholding wife, proving, once again, the value of NN. And there is more.
Yeah, mathematics is cool. |