1654 in science

none 1654 science 1654 thumb | right | alt=Portrait of Jakob Bernoulli | Mathematician Jakob Bernoulli was born in 1654. The year 1654 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy Sicilian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna publishes De systemate orbis cometici, deque admirandis coeli characteribus including a catalog of comets and nebulae. 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.Tony Crilly 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know London Quercus 2007 978-1-84724-008-8 132 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.Von Guericke, Otto Encyclopædia Britannica 11th 9 670 The Encyclopædia Britannica Co 1910 https://books.google.com/books?id=GFAEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA670& Births December 27 – Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1705). John Banister, English missionary and botanist (died 1692). prob. date – Eleanor Glanville, English entomologist (died 1709). Deaths August 31 – Ole Worm, Danish physician, natural historian and antiquary (born 1588) October 18 – Nicholas Culpeper, English herbalist (born 1616) Giovanni de Galliano Pieroni, Italian military engineer and astronomer (born 1586) References Category:17th century in science Category:1650s in science