Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Niccolò_Fontana_Tartaglia
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkb:mathematician
author
gptkbp:birthDate 1499
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Brescia
gptkbp:causeOfNickname speech impediment from a childhood injury
gptkbp:contributedTo early studies in ballistics
solution of the cubic equation
gptkbp:deathDate 13 December 1557
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Venice
gptkbp:field gptkb:algebra
gptkb:geometry
gptkb:mathematics
engineering
translator
ballistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Lodovico_Ferrari
gptkb:Girolamo_Cardano
gptkbp:knownFor mathematical treatises
ballistics
solution to cubic equations
translation of Euclid's Elements into Italian
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Tartaglia
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:General_Trattato_di_Numeri_et_Misure
gptkb:Nova_Scientia
translation of Euclid's Elements
Quesiti et inventioni diverse
translation of Archimedes' works
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tartaglia's_triangle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6