Section 13.3 History
This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/
Cardano:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Cardan.html
Pascal:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Pascal.html
Fermat:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Fermat.html