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The Book of My Life (De Vita Propria Liber): (De Vita Propria Liber (New York Review Books Classics)
The Book of My Life - De Vita Propria Liber - De Vita Propria Liber New York Review Books Classics Author:Girolamo Cardano Girolamo Cardano was a doctor, astrologer, mathematician, and natural philosopher who helped create modern algebra and invented the universal joint. He wrote this colorful autobiography while under house arrest by the Inquisition. A lively mix of picaresque adventure and campus comedy, Cardanos story gives a fascinating glimpse into the ea... more »rly modern period, when notions of science and the self now taken for granted were very much unresolved. The book of My Life is a vivid portrait of the life of a free-thinking intellectual and the 16th-century world in which he lived.« less