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1639 In Science
The year 1639 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy * Giovanni Battista Zupi observes that the planet Mercury (planet), Mercury has orbital Planetary phase, phases. * December 4 (November 24 in Julian calendar) – English people, English astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree are the first and only scientific observers of a Transit of Venus, 1639, transit of Venus, predicted by Horrocks. Exploration * The Casiquiare canal, a river forming a natural canal between the Amazon River and Orinoco River basins, is first encountered by Europeans Mathematics * Girard Desargues introduces the concept of infinity into geometry. Births * April 12 – Martin Lister, English people, English naturalist and physician (died 1712 in science, 1712) * December 18 – Gottfried Kirch, German people, German astronomer (died 1710 in science, 1710) * ''approx. date'' – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French people, French explorer (died 1710 in science, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for scientific reasoning is tens of thousands of years old. The earliest written records in the history of science come from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 Common Era, BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the Universe, physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of History of science in classical antiquity, Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
