1632 in science
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The year 1632 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- The University of Tartu in Swedish Livonia is founded.
[edit] Astronomy
- February 22 - Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo), comparing the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic view, is published in Florence and delivered to his patron, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.[1][2]
- August 9 - Leiden University in Holland resolves to erect the world's first official observatory.[3]
[edit] Earth sciences
- Martine Bertereau, Baroness de Beausoleil, publishes Véritable déclaration de la découverte des mines et minières.
[edit] Births
- October 24 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy (d. 1723)
[edit] Deaths
- January 31 - Jost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
- May 24 - Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
- June 21 - Anselmus de Boodt, Flemish mineralogist and physician (b. 1550)
- November 17 - Pierre Richer de Belleval, French botanist (b. c.1564)
- December 8 - Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)
[edit] References
- ^ Gindikin, Semen Grigorʹevich (1988). Tales of physicists and mathematicians. Boston: Birkhäuser. p. 62. ISBN 9780817633172. http://books.google.com/books?id=Vhx--jfFN8IC&pg=PA62. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ Sobel, Dava (2008-08-30). "Galileo's Dialogue". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080829.w50booksdialogue/BNStory/DAVA+SOBEL. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ North, J. D. (1989). "Georg Markgraf". The universal frame: historical essays in astronomy, natural philosophy, and scientific method. London: Hambledon. p. 226. ISBN 0907628958. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q2xxatst4OQC&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=Leiden+observatory+1632&source=bl&ots=FqCfn0jBOw&sig=vOI-mHUm5Li3UboVC9cQ8N9AwK4&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Leiden%20observatory%201632&f=false. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
