1545 in science

none 1545 science 1545 The year 1545 in science and technology involved some significant events. Botany Orto botanico di Padova and di Firenze botanical gardens established. Mathematics Gerolamo Cardano publishes his algebra text Ars Magna, including the first published solutions to cubic and quartic equations. Navigation Pedro de Medina's Arte de navegar is published in Valladolid, the first treatise on the art of navigation to be published in Europe. Physiology and medicine Charles Estienne publishes De dissectione partium corporis humani, libri tres, including a description of the venous valves of the liver. Ambroise Paré publishes his first book, a treatise on battlefield medicine, fr La méthode de traicter les playes faictes par hacquebutes et aultres bastons à feu et de celles qui sont faictes par flèches, dardz et semblables, in Paris. Thomas Phaer publishes The Boke of Chyldren, the first book on paediatrics written in English. Zoology The giant squid (Architeuthis) is first seen. Births January 11 – Guidobaldo del Monte, Italian mathematician (died 1607)The Galileo Project http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/monte.html galileo.rice.edu 3 April 2018 March – Gaspare Tagliacozzi, Italian anatomist (died 1599) John Gerard, English botanist (died 1612)John Gerard - English herbalist and author https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Gerard Encyclopedia Britannica 3 April 2018 en Deaths Christoph Rudolff, Silesian mathematician (born 1499) References Category:16th century in science Category:1540s in science