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Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia

1499 - 1557

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Nicolo, known as Tartaglia (Italian: [tarˈtaʎʎa]; 1499/1500 – 13 December 1557), was an Italian mathematician, engineer (designing fortifications), a surveyor (of topography, seeking the best means of defense or offense) and a bookkeeper from the then Republic of Venice. He published many books, including the first Italian translations of Archimedes and Euclid, and an acclaimed compilation of mathematics. Tartaglia was the first to apply mathematics to the investigation of the paths of cannonballs, known as ballistics, in his Nova Scientia (A New Science, 1537); his work was later partially validated and partially superseded by Galileo's studies on falling bodies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia has received more than 262,765 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia is the 44th most popular mathematician (up from 63rd in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 489th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia is most famous for his work on solving the cubic equation.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 44 out of 1,004. Before him are Johann Bernoulli, Emmy Noether, Pope Sylvester II, Gottlob Frege, George Boole, and Charles Sanders Peirce. After him are Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Archytas, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eudoxus of Cnidus, and Brahmagupta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 3. Before him are Pope Pius IV, and Mary Boleyn. After him are Diane de Poitiers, Giulio Romano, Claude of France, Peter of Alcantara, Bernardino de Sahagún, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Maria Salviati, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. Among people deceased in 1557, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 3. Before him are Jacques Cartier, and Anne of Cleves. After him are John III of Portugal, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Mikael Agricola, Olaus Magnus, Sebastian Cabot, Emperor Go-Nara, Lautaro, and Giovanni Francesco Straparola.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 363 out of 5,161. Before him are Publius Quinctilius Varus (-46), Pope Sixtus I (42), Roger II of Sicily (1095), Primo Levi (1919), Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751), and Claudio Abbado (1933). After him are Antonio Canova (1757), Pope Gregory IV (790), Pope Victor III (1027), Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), Pope Sergius II (800), and Amadeo I of Spain (1845).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 6. Before him are Archimedes (-287), Fibonacci (1170), Luca Pacioli (1445), Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), and Gerolamo Cardano (1501). After him are Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), Archytas (-428), Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), and Lodovico Ferrari (1522).

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