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>>There are more interesting Tartaglia's in the world >>than Nicolo. > >Did you read <a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathe >maticians/Tartaglia.html">the link</a>? 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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