Girolamo Cardano 1501–1576 Physician Natural Philosopher Mathematician Astrologer and Interpreter of Dreams

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HIS STUDY OF GIROLAMO CARDANO is the T work of an amateur in the field of the history of science and the history of ideas. As a mathematical physi­ cist I lack the depth of training in philological historical disciplines necessary to discuss the sources of Car­ dano’s knowledge and trace the influences that shaped his views on science medicine and philosophy. What little recent literature on Cardano there is some­ times shows a lack of true understanding or is primarily an appreciation of the mathematician. I relied therefore largely on his own writings which are collected in the Opera Omnia. My excerpts and translations are taken di­ rectly from these works and I hope that I have succeeded in capturing their essential meaning and spirit. MARKUS FIERZ Preface to the English Edition THANK the publisher Birkhauser Boston Incorpo­ I rated for the venture of this English edition of my essay on Cardano that originally appeared in the Poly Series published by Birkhauser Verlag and for the care given to the translation. For this edition I have added two longer sections: one on Cardano’s voyage to Scotland and another on a rather interesting “mathematical theosophy” contained in his Liber de Proportionibus (Basel 1570). Also included is a list of references quoted in the notes and a record as complete as possible of the original editions of Cardano’ s writings.

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