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MATHEMATICIAN

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known as ballistics, in his Nova Scientia (A New Science, 1537); his work was later partially validated and partially superseded by Galileo's studies on falling bodies.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 254,940 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia is the 63rd most popular mathematician (down from 52nd in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Italy (down from 409th in 2019) and the 9th 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 63 out of 823Before him are Abraham de Moivre, Brahmagupta, Al-Battani, Marin Mersenne, August Ferdinand Möbius, and Simon Stevin. After him are Alfred North Whitehead, Ludolph van Ceulen, Hermann Minkowski, Jacob Bernoulli, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Bhāskara II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 5Before him are Pope Pius IV, Mary Boleyn, Claude of France, and Diane de Poitiers. After him are Giulio Romano, Bernardino de Sahagún, Peter of Alcantara, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Michiel Coxie, and Maria Salviati. Among people deceased in 1557, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 5Before him are Jacques Cartier, Anne of Cleves, John III of Portugal, and Pontormo. After him are Bona Sforza, Olaus Magnus, Mikael Agricola, Sebastian Cabot, Emperor Go-Nara, Lautaro, and Ferrante Gonzaga.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 490 out of 4,668Before him are Brennus (-500), Giuseppe Farina (1906), Giovanni Trapattoni (1939), Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), and Pontormo (1494). After him are Francesco I Sforza (1401), Januarius (272), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Guccio Gucci (1881), Pope Celestine II (1100), and Lentulus Batiatus (-200).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 9Before him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Luca Pacioli (1445), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), Archytas (-428), Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), and Philolaus (-470). After him are Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Giambattista della Porta (1535), and Vincenzo Viviani (1622).