1632 in science

none 1632 science 1632 The year 1632 in science and technology involved some significant events. Events The University of Tartu in Swedish Livonia is founded. thumb|300px|left|Frontispiece and title page of Galileo's Dialogue 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.Gindikin Semen Grigor'evich Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians https://books.google.com/books?id=Vhx--jfFN8IC&pg=PA62 2011-02-22 1988 Boston Birkhäuser 978-0-8176-3317-2 62Dava Sobel Dava Sobel Galileo's Dialogue The Globe and Mail Toronto 2008-08-30 http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080829.w50booksdialogue/BNStory/DAVA+SOBEL 2011-09-26 2017-02-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20170228165632/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080829.w50booksdialogue/BNStory/DAVA+SOBEL dead August 9 – Leiden University in the Dutch Republic resolves to erect the world's first official observatory.J. D. North Georg Markgraf The Universal Frame: Historical Essays in Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, and Scientific Method London Hambledon 1989 0-907628-95-8 https://books.google.com/books?id=q2xxatst4OQC&dq=Leiden+observatory+1632&pg=PA226 226 2011-09-26 Earth sciences Martine Bertereau, Baroness de Beausoleil, publishes Véritable déclaration de la découverte des mines et minières. Births October 24 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy (died 1723) Henry Compton, English bishop and botanist (died 1713) Deaths thumb|The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt (1632) January 31 – Jost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (born 1552) May 24 – Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (born 1553) June 21 – Anselmus de Boodt, Flemish mineralogist and physician (born 1550) September 4 (bur.) – Hessel Gerritsz, Dutch cartographer (born c. 1581) November 17 – Pierre Richer de Belleval, French botanist (born c. 1564) December 8 – Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (born 1561) References Category:17th century in science Category:1630s in science