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1573 In Science
The year 1573 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy * Tycho Brahe publishes ''De Stella Nova''. Medicine * Publication of the ''Chirurgia Magna'' of Paracelsus, a translation into Latin of his work on surgery, ''Die grosse Wundartzney'' (1536), in Basel, allowing its wider dissemination throughout Europe. Births * January 10 – Simon Marius, German astronomer who named the Galilean moons of Jupiter (died 1624) * July 25 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer who observed sunspots (died 1650) * September 28 – Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss-born physician (died 1655) Deaths * April 29 – Guillaume Le Testu, French privateer, explorer and cartographer (born c. 1509) * July 29 – John Caius, English physician and benefactor (born 1510 Year 1510 (Roman numerals, MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 23 – An 18-year-old Henry VIII of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1650 In Science
The year 1650 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy * In Ursa Major, the handle's middle star, Mizar, is noted to be a binary by Giambattista Riccioli. Botany * William How publishes his flora ''Phytologia Britannica''. * Posthumous publication begins of Johann Bauhin's ''Historia plantarum universalis'' at Yverdon. Geology * The Kolumbo underwater volcano in the Aegean Sea is discovered when it bursts from the sea and erupts, killing 70 people on a nearby island. Medicine * English physician Francis Glisson publishes the first comprehensive pediatric text on rickets, ''De rachitide sive morbo puerili, qui vulgò The rickets dicitur'', the result of collaborative research by members of the Royal College of Physicians. Technology * Polish–Lithuanian nobleman Kazimierz Siemienowicz's widely translated manual ''Artis Magnae Artilleriae, pars prima'' ("Great Art of Artillery, the first part") is published in Amsterdam. Births * November 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1573 In Science
The year 1573 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy * Tycho Brahe publishes ''De Stella Nova''. Medicine * Publication of the ''Chirurgia Magna'' of Paracelsus, a translation into Latin of his work on surgery, ''Die grosse Wundartzney'' (1536), in Basel, allowing its wider dissemination throughout Europe. Births * January 10 – Simon Marius, German astronomer who named the Galilean moons of Jupiter (died 1624) * July 25 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer who observed sunspots (died 1650) * September 28 – Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss-born physician (died 1655) Deaths * April 29 – Guillaume Le Testu, French privateer, explorer and cartographer (born c. 1509) * July 29 – John Caius, English physician and benefactor (born 1510 Year 1510 (Roman numerals, MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 23 – An 18-year-old Henry VIII of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1510 In Science
The year 1510 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Medicine * 1510 Influenza pandemic - Summer – First known influenza pandemic, originating in Asia. Technology * Peter Henlein makes the first modern mechanical clock. Births * October 6 – John Caius, English physician and benefactor (died 1573) * Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia, Sicilian anatomist (died 1580). * Bernard Palissy, French ceramicist and hydraulic engineer (died c. 1589). * ' Denis Zachaire', French alchemist (died 1556) * ''approx. date'' ** Ambroise Paré, French surgeon (died 1590). ** Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador (died 1554) Deaths * February 28 – Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some Expectation (epistemic), expectation of Discovery (observation), discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory activity is common to most organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Caius
John Caius (born John Kays ; 6 October 1510 – 29 July 1573), also known as Johannes Caius and Ioannes Caius, was an English physician, and second founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Scholar and physician to Edward VI and Mary I of England. Biography Early years Caius was born in Norwich and was educated at Norwich School. In 1529, he was admitted as a student at Gonville Hall, Cambridge, founded by Edmund Gonville in 1348, where he seems to have mainly studied divinity (academic discipline), divinity. After graduating in 1533, he visited Italy, where he studied under Johannes Baptista Montanus, Montanus and Vesalius at Padua. In 1541 he took his degree as a physician at the University of Padua. In 1543 he visited several parts of Italy, Germany and France and then returned to England. Upon his return from Italy he Latinised his surname which was somewhat fashionable at the time. Career Caius was a physician in London in 1547, and was admitted as a fellow of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1509 In Science
The year 1509 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Exploration * September 11 – Diogo Lopes de Sequeira reaches Malacca, having crossed the Gulf of Bengal. Geology * September 10 – 1509 Istanbul earthquake, Constantinople earthquake. Mathematics * June 11 – Luca Pacioli's ''De divina proportione'', concerning the golden ratio, is published in Venice, with illustrations by Leonardo da Vinci. Births * Bernardino Telesio, Italian people, Italian philosopher and natural scientist (died 1588 in science, 1588) * ''possible date'' – Guillaume Le Testu, French people, French privateer, explorer and cartographer (k. 1573 in science, 1573) Deaths * Juan de la Cosa, Spanish people, Spanish explorer and cartographer (b. c. 1460) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1509 In Science 1509 in science, 16th century in science 1500s in science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartographer
Cartography (; from , 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and , 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively. The fundamental objectives of traditional cartography are to: * Set the map's agenda and select traits of the object to be mapped. This is the concern of map editing. Traits may be physical, such as roads or land masses, or may be abstract, such as toponyms or political boundaries. * Represent the terrain of the mapped object on flat media. This is the concern of map projections. * Eliminate the mapped object's characteristics that are irrelevant to the map's purpose. This is the concern of Cartographic generalization, generalization. * Reduce the complexity of the characteristics that will be mapped. This is also the concern of generalization. * Orchestrate the elements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Explorer
Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some Expectation (epistemic), expectation of Discovery (observation), discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory activity is common to most organisms capable of directed Animal locomotion, locomotion and the ability to learn, and has been described in, amongst others, social insects foraging behaviour, where feedback from returning individuals affects the activity of other members of the group. Types Geographical Geographical exploration, sometimes considered the default meaning for the more general term exploration, is the practice of discovering lands and regions of the planet Earth remote or relatively inaccessible from the origin of the explorer. The surface of the Earth not covered by water has been relatively comprehensively explored, as access is generally relatively straightforward, but underwater and subterranean areas are far less known, and even at the surface, much is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privateer
A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or delegated authority issued commissions, also referred to as letters of marque, during wartime. The commission empowered the holder to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war. This included attacking foreign vessels and taking them as prizes and taking crews prisoner for exchange. Captured ships were subject to condemnation and sale under prize law, with the proceeds divided by percentage between the privateer's sponsors, shipowners, captains and crew. A percentage share usually went to the issuer of the commission (i.e. the sovereign). Most colonial powers, as well as other countries, engaged in privateering. Privateering allowed sovereigns to multiply their naval forces at relatively low cost by mobilizi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Le Testu
Guillaume Le Testu, sometimes referred to as Guillaume Le Têtu (c. 1509-12 – April 29, 1573), was a French privateer, explorer and navigator. He was one of the foremost cartographers of his time and an author of the Dieppe maps. His maps were distinguished by their sophistication and detail; they influenced generations of cartographers, navigators and explorers. Le Testu was successful as a privateer during the early years of the French Wars of Religion. In 1573, he and Sir Francis Drake attacked a Spanish mule train escorting gold and silver to Nombre de Dios on the Atlantic coast of Panama, and he was subsequently killed following his capture by the Spanish. Suggestions that Le Testu may have mapped (or even visited) Australia are based on: first, his maps' depiction of a large island (or continent), south of Java, which Le Testu identified as the '' Jave la Grande'' ("Java Major" or "Great Java") mentioned by Marco Polo (and was otherwise known at the time as ''Terra Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1655 In Science
The year 1655 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy * March 25 – Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens. Biology * Botanical garden established at Uppsala University. * Thomas Muffet's ''Healths Improvement, or, Rules comprising and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation'' is published posthumously in England, containing, ''inter alia'', descriptions of a wide range of wildfowl to be found in the country. Mathematics * John Wallis introduces the symbol ∞ to represent infinity. Births * January 6 (27 December 1654 OS) – Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1705) * September 10 – Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Danish anatomist (died 1738) Deaths * February 1 – Giovanni Baptista Ferrari, Italian Jesuit botanist and linguist (born 1584) * October 16 – Rabbi Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Cretan-born peripatetic physician and scientist (born 1591) * Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physician
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy, treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment—known as Specialty (medicine), specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general practitioner, general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the Discipline (academia), academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, underlying diseases, and their treatment, which is the science of medicine, and a decent Competence (human resources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
