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== How to Die Like a Mathematician  ==
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== How to Die Like a Mathematician  ==  
 
''Collection of bizarre deaths of mathematicians''
 
''Collection of bizarre deaths of mathematicians''
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'''By Daniel Lee'''  
 
'''By Daniel Lee'''  
  

Revision as of 15:53, 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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