1602 in science

none 1602 science 1602 The year 1602 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy Thomas Blundeville publishes The Theoriques of the Seuen Planets, assisted by Lancelot Browne.Mordechai Feingold The Mathematicians' Apprenticeship: Science, Universities and Society in England, 1560–1640 https://archive.org/details/mathematiciansap0000fein registration 1984 50 Chemistry Vincenzio Cascarido discovers barium sulfide.Bernard Grun The Timetables of History 3rd New York Simon & Schuster 1991 0-671-74919-6 269 registration https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun Commencement of publication of Theatrum Chemicum, a compendium of European alchemical writings. Exploration May 15 – Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape Cod. Henry Briggs publishes his first mathematical work A Table to find the Height of the Pole, the Magnetical Declination being given in London. Medicine Felix Plater publishes Praxis medica classifying diseases by their symptoms. Physics Galileo begins his study of falling bodies. Births March 18 – Jacques de Billy, French Jesuit mathematician (died 1679) August 8 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (died 1675) November 20 – Otto von Guericke, German physicist (died 1686) Deaths July 28 – Peder Sørensen, Danish physician (born 1542) Juan de Fuca, Greek navigator (born 1536) References Category:1602 Category:17th century in science Category:1600s in science