1506 in science

none 1506 science 1506 The year 1506 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy Possible date – Nicolaus Copernicus begins to write De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ("On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres"). He sends an abstract, the Commentariolus, to other scientists interested in the matter before 1514 and is considered to have finished De revolutionibus in 1530, but hesitates to publish before 1543, the year of his death.The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus Owen Gingerich Gingerich Owen Walker 2004 0-8027-1415-3 New York registration https://archive.org/details/booknobodyreadch00gingThe Astronomical Revolution: Copernicus – Kepler – Borelli Koyré Alexandre Cornell University Press 1973 Alexandre Koyré Ithaca, New York 0-8014-0504-1 Exploration Portuguese mariner Tristão da Cunha sights the islands of Tristan da Cunha. Deaths May 20 – Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (born 1451). References Category:16th century in science Category:1500s in science