1762 in science
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The year 1762 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Mathematics
- September – Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships is established in London, pioneering mutual insurance using a method of actuarial science devised by mathematician James Dodson.[1]
- Johann Heinrich Lambert gives a proof that π is irrational.[2]
[edit] Awards
- Copley Medal: Not awarded
[edit] Births
- April 10 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
- November 20 - Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
[edit] Deaths
- February 20 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723)
- March 21 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713)
- July 10 - Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist (b. 1690)
- July 13 - James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693)
- July 30 - William Braikenridge, English clergyman and geometer (b. 1700)[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Today & History". Equitable Life. 2009-06-26. http://www.equitable.co.uk/content/content_7.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ Lambert, Johann Heinrich (1762). "Mémoire sur quelques propriétés remarquables des quantités transcendentes circulaires et logarithmiques". Histoire de l'Académie (Berlin) XVII: 265–322. 1768.
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. (November 1999). "William Braikenridge". MacTutor History of Mathematics. http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Braikenridge.html. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
