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1569 In Science
The year 1569 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy * A lunar eclipse is observed by Cornelius Gemma. Cartography * The Mercator projection is first used in Gerardus Mercator's Mercator 1569 world map, world map ''Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendata''. Chemistry * Paracelsus' major text on chemistry, ''Archidoxa'', is published posthumously in Kraków in Latin translation by Adam Schröter. Physiology and medicine * Girolamo Mercuriale publishes ''De Arte Gymnastica'' in Venice, covering the ancient history and current practice of physical exercise. Economics * Tomás de Mercado publishes ''De los tratos de India y tratantes en ellas'', linking the Price revolution to the influx of American gold. Publications * Cornelius Gemma publishes ' in Antwerp. Births * Muzio Oddi, Italian people, Italian mathematician (died 1639 in science, 1639) *2 November – Epifanio Ferdinando, Italian phys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). In 2020, around 258,685 people resided in greater Venice or the ''Comune di Venezia'', of whom around 55,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Adri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1569 In Science
The year 1569 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy * A lunar eclipse is observed by Cornelius Gemma. Cartography * The Mercator projection is first used in Gerardus Mercator's Mercator 1569 world map, world map ''Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendata''. Chemistry * Paracelsus' major text on chemistry, ''Archidoxa'', is published posthumously in Kraków in Latin translation by Adam Schröter. Physiology and medicine * Girolamo Mercuriale publishes ''De Arte Gymnastica'' in Venice, covering the ancient history and current practice of physical exercise. Economics * Tomás de Mercado publishes ''De los tratos de India y tratantes en ellas'', linking the Price revolution to the influx of American gold. Publications * Cornelius Gemma publishes ' in Antwerp. Births * Muzio Oddi, Italian people, Italian mathematician (died 1639 in science, 1639) *2 November – Epifanio Ferdinando, Italian phys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1638 In Science
The year 1638 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy * December 21 – Total eclipse of the Moon falls on the same day as the winter solstice, for the first time in the Common Era. Geology * (Italy). * . The epicentre was in Crotone. Physics * The final book of the now-blind Galileo, '' Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno à due nuove scienze'' is published in Leiden, dealing with the strength of materials and the motion of objects. In it, he discusses the square–cube law, the law of falling bodies and infinity. He also discusses his experimental method for measuring the speed of light; he has been unable to determine it over a short distance. Publications * Publication of '' The Man in the Moone, or the Discovrse of a Voyage thither'' "by Domingo Gonsales" (actually by Francis Godwin, Bishop of Hereford (died 1633)), an early example of science fiction. Births * January 1 ( NS January 11) – Nicolas Steno, Danish pioneer of geology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epifanio Ferdinando
Epifanio Ferdinando (1569–1638) was an Italian physician of the Renaissance. He is known to medical historians for his detailed discussion of tarantism. Biography Epifanio Ferdinando was born in Mesagne, in the Terra di Otranto, on 2 November 1569. He cultivated the study of the Latin and Greek poets at an early age, and wrote elegant verses in both these languages. In 1583 he went to Naples with the intention of going through the courses of philosophy and medicine; but in 1591, all strangers were compelled to leave the place. Ferdinando, returning to his own country, taught geometry and philosophy until 1594, when the viceroy's edict being revoked, he returned to Naples, pursued a course of medical studies, and received the degree of doctor in medicine and philosophy. He then returned to his native home, where he settled himself and remained to the end of his life, notwithstanding the tempting offers he received from several universities. The Duke of Parma Ranuccio Farnese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History One of the earliest known mathematicians were Thales of Miletus (c. 624–c.546 BC); he has been hailed as the first true mathematician and the first known individual to whom a mathematical discovery has been attributed. He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning applied to geometry, by deriving four corollaries to Thales' Theorem. The number of known mathematicians grew when Pythagoras of Samos (c. 582–c. 507 BC) established the Pythagorean School, whose doctrine it was that mathematics ruled the universe and whose motto was "All is number". It was the Pythagoreans who coined the term "mathematics", and with whom the study of mathematics for its own sake begins. The first woman mathematician recorded by history was Hypati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian People
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Muzio Oddi
Muzio or Mutio Oddi (15 December 1569, Urbino – 15 December 1639, Urbino) was an Italian mathematician and Gnomonist. Biography He was born to Lisabetta Genga and Lattanzio Oddi. His initial training was in eloquence and philosophy, but he later trained under the painter Federico Barocci. He moved to Pesaro to work under Guidobaldo del Monte, one of the main disciples of Federico Commandino. He was hired to work in Spain and France as a military engineer, which required him also to help train in the use of artillery. He returned to the Duchy of Urbino to work as an engineer under the Duke Francesco Maria II della Rovere. In 1601, he was accused, perhaps unfairly, of being involved in a plot that also involved the Marchese Ippolito della Rovere; the plot aimed to depose the Duke Francesco Maria. In 1609, Muzio Oddi was released from prison, and exiled to Milan. In Milan, he won a competition to become professor of Mathematics. He published his works, prepared in prison, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,Statistics Belgium; ''Loop van de bevolking per gemeente'' (Excel file) Population of all municipalities in Belgium, . Retrieved 1 November 2017. it is the most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of around 1,200,000 people, it is the second-largest metrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Price Revolution
The Price Revolution, sometimes known as the Spanish Price Revolution, was a series of economic events that occurred between the second half of the 15th century and the first half of the 17th century, and most specifically linked to the high rate of inflation that occurred during this period across Western Europe. Prices rose on average roughly sixfold over 150 years. This level of inflation amounts to 1.2% per year compounded, a relatively low inflation rate for modern-day standards, but rather high given the monetary policy in place in the 16th century. Generally it is thought that this high inflation was caused by the large influx of gold and silver from the Spanish treasure fleet from the New World; including Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and the rest of the Spanish Empire. Specie flowed through Spain increasing its prices and those of allied European countries (e.g., the imperial territories of Charles V). Wealth then spread to the rest of Western Europe as a result of the Spanish ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás De Mercado
Tomás de Mercado (1525–1575) was a Spanish Dominican friar and both an economist and a theologian, best known for his book ''Summa de Tratos y Contratos'' ("Manual of Deals and Contracts") of 1571. Together with Martín de Azpilcueta he founded the economic tradition of "Iberian monetarism"; both form part of the general intellectual tradition often known as "Late Scholasticism", or the School of Salamanca. He was either born in Seville or possibly Mexico, where he joined the Dominicans as a young man, becoming lecturer in Arts in the Priory in Mexico City, before returning to study at Salamanca University, where he then became a lecturer in philosophy, moral theology and law. He then worked in the Exchange House of Seville, the centre of Spain's international money-flows. He died at sea on a voyage returning to Mexico. Mercado became more widely known outside the Spanish-speaking world after he was discussed by Joseph Schumpeter in his ''History of Economic Analysis'', p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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