1654 in science
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The year 1654 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Mathematics
- At the prompting of the Chevalier de Méré, Blaise Pascal corresponds with Pierre de Fermat on gambling problems, from which is born the theory of probability.[1]
[edit] Physics
- May 8 - Otto von Guericke demonstrates the effectiveness of his vacuum pump and the power of atmospheric pressure using the Magdeburg hemispheres before Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, in Regensburg.[2]
[edit] Births
- December 27 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705).
- prob. date - Eleanor Glanville, English entomologist (d. 1709).
[edit] Deaths
- August 31 - Ole Worm, Danish physician and antiquary (b. 1588)
- October 18 - Nicholas Culpeper, English herbalist (b. 1616)
[edit] References
- ^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
- ^ "Von Guericke, Otto". Encyclopædia Britannica. 9 (11th ed.). The Encyclopaedia Britannica Co.. 1910. p. 670. http://books.google.com/books?id=GFAEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA670&.
