| The Book of My Life Contributor(s): Cardano, Girolamo (Author), Grafton, Anthony (Introduction by), Stoner, Jean (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1590170164 ISBN-13: 9781590170168 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2002 Annotation: A bright star of the Italian Renaissance, Girolamo Cardano was an internationally-sought-after astrologer, physician, and natural philosopher, a creator of modern algebra, and the inventor of the universal joint. Condemned by the Inquisition to house arrest in his old age, Cardano wrote "The Book of My Life," an unvarnished and often outrageous account of his character and conduct. Whether discussing his sex life or his diet, the plots of academic rivals or meetings with supernatural beings, or his deep sorrow when his beloved son was executed for murder, Cardano displays the same unbounded curiosity that made him a scientific pioneer. At once picaresque adventure and campus comedy, curriculum vitae, and last will, "The Book of My Life" is an extraordinary Renaissance self-portrait--a book to set beside Montaigne's Essays and Benvenuto Cellini's "Autobiography." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002003048 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.06" W x 8" (0.70 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A bright star of the Italian Renaissance, Girolamo Cardano was an internationally-sought-after astrologer, physician, and natural philosopher, a creator of modern algebra, and the inventor of the universal joint. Condemned by the Inquisition to house arrest in his old age, Cardano wrote The Book of My Life, an unvarnished and often outrageous account of his character and conduct. Whether discussing his sex life or his diet, the plots of academic rivals or meetings with supernatural beings, or his deep sorrow when his beloved son was executed for murder, Cardano displays the same unbounded curiosity that made him a scientific pioneer. At once picaresque adventure and campus comedy, curriculum vitae, and last will, The Book of My Life is an extraordinary Renaissance self-portrait--a book to set beside Montaigne's Essays and Benvenuto Cellini's Autobiography. |