1602 in science
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The year 1602 in science
and technology
involved some significant events.
Science
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and technology
Technology
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involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- Thomas BlundevilleThomas BlundevilleThomas Blundeville was an English humanist writer and mathematician. He is known for work on logic, astronomy, education and horsemanship, as well as for translations from the Italian. His interests were both wide-ranging and directed towards practical ends, and he adapted freely a number of the...
publishes The Theoriques of the Seuen Planets, assisted by Lancelot BrowneLancelot BrowneLancelot Browne was an English physician.-Life:He was a native of York. He matriculated at St. John's College, Cambridge, in May 1559, where he was a few months behind William Gilbert, with whom he associated in later life. He graduated B.A. in 1562–3, and M.A. in 1566...
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Exploration
- May 15 - Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape CodCape CodCape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
. - Henry BriggsHenry Briggs (mathematician)Henry Briggs was an English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honour....
publishes his first mathematical work A Table to find the Height of the Pole, the Magnetical Declination being given in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Births
- March 18 - Jacques de BillyJacques de BillyJacques de Billy was a French Jesuit mathematician. Born in Compiègne, he subsequently entered the Society of Jesus. From 1629 to 1630, Billy taught mathematics at the Jesuit College at Pontà Mousson. He was still studying theology at this time. From 1631 to 1633, Billy taught mathematics at...
, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Jesuit mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
(d. 16791679 in scienceThe year 1679 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Mathematics:* Samuel Morland publishes The Doctrine of Interest, both Simple & Compound, probably the first tables produced with the aid of a calculating machine.-Publications:...
) - August 8 - Gilles de RobervalGilles de RobervalGilles Personne de Roberval , French mathematician, was born at Roberval, Oise, near Beauvais, France. His name was originally Gilles Personne or Gilles Personier, that of Roberval, by which he is known, being taken from the place of his birth.Like René Descartes, he was present at the siege of La...
, French mathematician (d. 16751675 in scienceThe year 1675 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Astronomy:* March 4 - John Flamsteed appointed as "astronomical observator", in effect, the first Astronomer Royal of England.* Giovanni Cassini discovers Saturn's Cassini Division....
) - November 20 - Otto von GuerickeOtto von GuerickeOtto von Guericke was a German scientist, inventor, and politician...
, German physicistPhysicistA physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
(d. 16861686 in scienceThe year 1686 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Biology:* John Ray begins publication of his Historia Plantarum, including the first biological definition of the term species; also his edition of Francis Willughby's Historia Piscum.-Geology:* Edmund Halley establishes the...
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Deaths
- July 28 - Peder Sørensen, DanishDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
physicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
(b. 15421542 in scienceThe year 1542 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.-Botany:* Leonhart Fuchs publishes his new herbal De historia stirpium commentarii insignes in Basel.-Physiology and medicine:...
) - Juan de FucaJuan de FucaIoánnis Fokás , better known by the Spanish transcription of his name, Juan de Fuca , was a Greek-born maritime pilot in the service of the king of Spain, Philip II...
, GreekGreeksThe Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
navigatorNavigatorA navigator is the person on board a ship or aircraft responsible for its navigation. The navigator's primary responsibility is to be aware of ship or aircraft position at all times. Responsibilities include planning the journey, advising the Captain or aircraft Commander of estimated timing to...
(b. 15361536 in scienceThe year 1536 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.-Botany:* Charles Estienne publishes Seminarium, et Plantarium fructiferarum praesertim arborum quae post hortos conseri solent, Denuo auctum & locupletatum...
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