Multiple choice general knowledge

Girolamo Cardano (1501-1576), the great mathematician, physician, astrologer and scholar who founded probability theory, led a colorful and controversial life that included time spent in prison for the crime of...

  1. Casting the horoscope of Jesus Christ

  2. Employing the square roots of negative numbers

  3. Murdering his daughter-in-law

  4. Practising medicine without a license
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Explanation

Girolamo Cardano was imprisoned by the Inquisition in 1570 for heresy, specifically for casting the horoscope of Jesus Christ. Despite his groundbreaking work in probability (Liber de Ludo Aleae) and mathematics (solving cubic equations), his astrological activities led to his arrest. He was released but banned from teaching.

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