1525 in science
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The year 1525 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
[edit] Events
- Albrecht Dürer's book on geometry and perspective, The Painter's Manual (more literally, the Instructions on Measurement) is published at Nuremberg. It is the first book for adults to be published on mathematics in German.
- Christoff Rudolff introduces the modern radical symbol (for square root), √ (without the vinculum above the radicand).
[edit] Births
- September 25 - Steven Borough, English explorer (d. 1584)
- December 1 - Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)