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Revision as of 14:53, 10 January 2013
How to Die Like a Mathematician
Collection of bizarre deaths of mathematicians
By Daniel Lee
Girolamo Cardano (1501 - 1507) was a serious fortuneteller. When death did not strike him on the day of his prediction, he gulped down a glass of poison to fulfill his prophesy. [1]
References [1] Goodwin, Jennifer. "Gerolamo Cardano 1501 - 1576". <http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/men/cardano.html>
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