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Gerolamo Cardano was an Italian polymath whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, music theorist, writer, and gambler. He became one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance and one of the key figures in the foundation of probability; he introduced the binomial coefficien…
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science · Italian Renaissance polymath (1501–1576) · philosopher · mathematician · astrologer · inventor · engineer · physician · astronomer · naturalist · also Gerolamo Cardano, Jerome Cardan, Cardano
Born 24 September 1501 · Died 21 September 1576 · Q184530
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“s cure. Cardano wrote that the Archbishop had been short of breath for ten years, and after the cure was effected by his assistant, he was paid 1,400 gold crowns. Later years and death Two of Cardano”
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Published “Q-plate technology: a progress review [Invited]” in Journal of the Optical Society of America B — cited 227 times.
Published “Detection of Zak phases and topological invariants in a chiral quantum walk of twisted photons” in Nature Communications — cited 308 times.
Published “Quantum walks and wavepacket dynamics on a lattice with twisted photons” in Science Advances — cited 189 times.
Published “Spin–orbit photonics” in Nature Photonics — cited 290 times.
Published “Polarization pattern of vector vortex beams generated by q-plates with different topological charges” in Applied Optics — cited 407 times.
Published “Cosmic-ray positron fraction measurement from 1 to 30 GeV with AMS-01” in Physics Letters B — cited 263 times.
Published “Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 10 European countries” in International Journal of Epidemiology — cited 379 times.
Published “Widening socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in six Western European countries” in International Journal of Epidemiology — cited 561 times.
Published “Effects of Valsartan on Circulating Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Norepinephrine in Symptomatic Chronic Heart Failure” in Circulation — cited 245 times.
Died 1576-09-21.
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“The greatest advantage in gambling lies in not playing at all.”
Studied at University of Padua (1522–1526).
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Studied at University of Pavia (1520–1522).
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Born 1501-09-24.
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