1575 in science
Encyclopedia
The year 1575 in science
and technology
included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
- Cornelius GemmaCornelius GemmaCornelius Gemma was a physician, astronomer and astrologer, and the oldest son of cartographer and instrument-maker Gemma Frisius...
is credited with publishing the first scientific illustration of the auroraAurora (astronomy)An aurora is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere...
, in his discussion of the 1572 supernova.
Mathematics
- Guilielmus XylanderGuilielmus XylanderWilhelm Xylander was a German classical scholar and humanist....
uses parallel vertical lines to indicate equalityEquals signThe equality sign, equals sign, or "=" is a mathematical symbol used to indicate equality. It was invented in 1557 by Robert Recorde. The equals sign is placed between the things stated to have the same value, as in an equation...
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Medicine
- First publication of Ambroise ParéAmbroise ParéAmbroise Paré was a French surgeon. He was the great official royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III and is considered as one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology. He was a leader in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine, especially the...
's collected works, Les oeuvres de M. Ambroise Paré, in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, including some of the earliest descriptions of forensic medicine.
Publications
- Cornelius GemmaCornelius GemmaCornelius Gemma was a physician, astronomer and astrologer, and the oldest son of cartographer and instrument-maker Gemma Frisius...
publishes De naturae divinis characterismis in Antwerp.