History of cardano

During the latter half of the fifteenth century was a time when the Europeans
had great intellectual discoveries. However, this time might not have
been so amazing had Johannes Gutenberg not invented the printing press in
1450. With the printing press now available, many books were published
and Universities like Bologna, Paris, and Oxford became places for great
education. These were not only times for mathematical improvement but
also artistic careers blossomed.
Summa de Arithmetica was produced by Luca Pacioli. He stressed the
solving of linear and quadratic equations. This book was great because it
was one of the first steps toward the type of arithmetic that we use
today. Pacioli was great with arithmetic but when he came across trying
to solve the cubic he could not do it and said it was impossible. Later,
in the late 1400’s, a man by the name of Scipione del Ferro took the
challenge of proving Pacioli wrong.
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