1548 in science

none 1548 science 1548 The year 1548 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Events February 14 – Battle of Uedahara: Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan. August 10 – Debate in Milan between mathematicians Lodovico Ferrari and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia concerning the algebraic method for resolving third-degree equations.Débats et controverses Editions Parenthèses 1997 978-2-86364-905-3 https://books.google.com/books?id=4TGoHrL9_loC&pg=PA78 2011-08-05 John Dee starts to study at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Publications Georgius Agricola – De animantibus subterraneis Valerius Cordus – la Pharmacorum conficiendorum ratio (posthumous) Rembert Dodoens – la Cosmographica in astronomiam et geographiam isagoge Gemma Frisius – la De Orbis divisione et insulis rebusque nuper inventis William Turner – The names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe Duche and Frenche wyth the commune names that Herbaries and Apotecaries use Births April 15 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (died 1626) Giordano Bruno, Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, astrologer and astronomer (k. 1600) Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani, Moroccan physician (died 1610) approx. date – Simon Stevin, Flemish scientist (died 1620) Deaths References Category:1548 Category:16th century in science Category:1540s in science