1. Who is he?
Hi my
name’s
Niccolò
Fontana
During the
invasion of my
hometown by the
French I was
seriously wounded
in the mouth
I was born in
1499 in
Brescia from
a poor
family.
I am an Italian
Mathematician

2. MY NICKNAME
IS
“tartaglia”
because i
have
stuttered
since then
I have the secret
FOR the solution of
the cubic equation.
I am famous also
for giving a
formula for the
volume of a
tetrahedron and
for my studies of
ballistics

3. In the fifteenth
century
mathematicians
competed in
mathematic
challenges.
contests were public
events. The challengers
chose their rivals. They
had to solve many
problems and the
judges decided the
winner.

4. IN THE PAST
In the past
mathematicians
kept their secret
discoveries
jealously, in order
to use them in
contests!
NOW!
nowadays it’s
different! when
MATHEMATICIANs PROVE
A THEOREM they
CoMmUNICATE IT TO
their COLLEGUES ALL
over THE WORLD by
publishing
an article.

5. I used to
WiN all
the times…

6. NO!
Ferrari, a disciple
of Cardano
(another
important italian
mathematician)
and I competed in a
challenge . it was
in Milan. We didn’t
fight with
swords, but with
our brains!
YES!

7. In this contest
we had to solve
cubic
equations.
This was the
most important
contest in the
Renaissance.
I lost it because it
was oral (I
STUTTERED, REMEMBER
) and I was cheated
TOO as i was robbed
of my formulas.