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| − | == How to Die Like a Mathematician == | + | == How to Die Like a Mathematician == |
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| + | ''Celebrating bizarre deaths of great mathematicians'' | ||
'''By Daniel Lee''' | '''By Daniel Lee''' | ||
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| + | '''Cardano, Girolamo (1501 - 1507)''' | ||
| − | ''' | + | ''The clock ticked |
| + | and its hand hit. | ||
| + | The hour of his prediction | ||
| + | for his time in perdition. | ||
| + | But, health was still with him! | ||
| + | No strife with death for his life; | ||
| + | he was full of hype! | ||
| + | His rep as a fortuneteller was on the line, | ||
| + | (though he still was a mathematical one of a kind.) | ||
| + | Without asking for mercy, | ||
| + | he lifted his glass of poison, and gulp | ||
| + | he had fulfill his prophecy.'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | 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] | ||
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| + | '''Galois, Évariste (1811 - 1832)''' was shot in the abdomen in a duel with Perscheux d'Herbinville (possible cause of duels are blindfolds of love, a scratch in his political pride, or a mess with the police) | ||
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'''References''' | '''References''' | ||
| − | [1] Goodwin, Jennifer. "Gerolamo Cardano 1501 - 1576". <http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/men/cardano.html> | + | |
| − | [2] Évariste Galois From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. | + | [1] Goodwin, Jennifer. "Gerolamo Cardano 1501 - 1576". <http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/men/cardano.html> |
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| + | [2] Évariste Galois From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois> | ||
Last Edited: 2013 Jan 10 [[User:Lee832|back to Daniel Lee's Profile Page]] | Last Edited: 2013 Jan 10 [[User:Lee832|back to Daniel Lee's Profile Page]] | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 10 January 2013
How to Die Like a Mathematician
Celebrating bizarre deaths of great mathematicians
By Daniel Lee
Cardano, Girolamo (1501 - 1507)
The clock ticked and its hand hit. The hour of his prediction for his time in perdition. But, health was still with him! No strife with death for his life; he was full of hype! His rep as a fortuneteller was on the line, (though he still was a mathematical one of a kind.) Without asking for mercy, he lifted his glass of poison, and gulp he had fulfill his prophecy.
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]
Galois, Évariste (1811 - 1832) was shot in the abdomen in a duel with Perscheux d'Herbinville (possible cause of duels are blindfolds of love, a scratch in his political pride, or a mess with the police)
References
[1] Goodwin, Jennifer. "Gerolamo Cardano 1501 - 1576". <http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/men/cardano.html>
[2] Évariste Galois From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois>
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