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1796 In Science
The year 1796 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy * Pierre-Simon Laplace publishes ''Exposition du système du monde'', his work on astronomy (mainly celestial mechanics) following Isaac Newton, Newton and Joseph Louis Lagrange, Lagrange. He develops an analytical theory of tides, deduces the mass of the Moon, improves the calculation of cosmic orbits, and predicts that Saturn's rings will be found to rotate. Most notably, he propounds the modern nebular hypothesis, independently outlined by Immanuel Kant, Kant. Chemistry * Rev. James Parker (cement maker), James Parker is granted a patent in Kingdom of Great Britain, Britain for Roman cement ("A certain Cement or Terras to be used in Aquatic and other Buildings and Stucco Work"). Exploration * June 21 – Mungo Park (explorer), Mungo Park becomes the first European to reach the Niger River. Mathematics * This is a productive year for the German people, German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss ... [...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] |
