Jerome Cardano: The Quantum Astrologer (December 2017)

Speaker: Michael Brooks, Freelance Writer
Abstract:
Jerome Cardano was a Milanese polymath of the 16th century. He was a physician and astrologer to kings, popes, archbishops and emperors, but also invented probability theory and was the first to recognise the validity of imaginary numbers, setting up the twin pillars on which quantum theory has been built. He constructed a complex cosmology and throughout his life attempted to make sense of the universe around him, even teaching the general public how to do astronomy for themselves. Gottfried Leibniz said Cardano was “a great man, with all his faults; without them he would have been incomparable”, and Tycho Brahe cited Cardano’s writings with great respect. So how did he become so unknown? In this talk, Michael Brooks will explore the rise and fall of one of the Renaissance’s forgotten heroes.

Видео Jerome Cardano: The Quantum Astrologer (December 2017) канала Centre for Quantum Technologies