1578 in science
Encyclopedia
The year 1578 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.
Medicine
- Cristóbal Acosta publishes a study of IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n pharmacologyPharmacologyPharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
, Tractado de las drogas y medicinas de las Indias orientales, in BurgosBurgosBurgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...
. - Roch Le BaillifRoch Le BaillifRoch Le Baillif, Sieur de la Riviere was a French physician, influenced by Paracelsianism. He was prosecuted for practicing medicine contrary to the official teaching of the Sorbonne.- Works :...
publishes Le Demosterion de Roch le Baillif, edelphe medecin spagiric, auquel sont contenuz trois cens Aphorismes latins et français. Sommaire véritable de la médecine Paracelsique, extraicte de luy en la plus part par ledict Baillif in RennesRennesRennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
. - Li ShizhenLi ShizhenLi Shizhen , courtesy name Dongbi , was one of the greatest Chinese herbologists and acupuncturists in Chinese history. His major contribution to medicine was his 27-year work, which is found in his epic book the Bencao Gangmu...
completes the first draft of the materia medicaMateria medicaMateria medica is a Latin medical term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing . The term 'materia medica' derived from the title of a work by the Ancient Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides in the 1st century AD, De materia medica libre...
Bencao Gangmu.
Births
- April 1 - William HarveyWilliam HarveyWilliam Harvey was an English physician who was the first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart...
, EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
physicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
(d. 16571657 in scienceThe year 1657 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Mathematics:* Christiaan Huygens writes the first book to be published on probability theory, De ratiociniis in ludo aleae .-Medicine:...
) - Benedetto CastelliBenedetto CastelliBenedetto Castelli , born Antonio Castelli, was an Italian mathematician. He took the name "Benedetto" upon entering the Benedictine Order in 1595....
, ItalianItalian peopleThe Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
(d. 16431643 in scienceThe year 1643 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Meteorology:* Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer.-Technology:* A microscope is developed by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek of Delft .-Births:...
) - Adriaan van den SpiegelAdriaan van den SpiegelAdriaan van den Spiegel, name sometimes written as Adrianus Spigelius was a Flemish anatomist who was born in Brussels. For much of his career he practiced medicine in Padua, and is considered one of the great physicians associated with that city...
, FlemishFlemish peopleThe Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...
-born anatomist and botanist (d. 16251625 in scienceThe year 1625 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Chemistry:* Johann Rudolf Glauber discovers sodium sulfate in Austrian spring water.-Births:...
) - approx. date - Jean de ChasteletJean de ChasteletJean du Chatelet , also known as Baron de Beausoleil and Auffembach , was a mineralogist, mining engineer and dowser.-Life:...
, BrabantDuchy of BrabantThe Duchy of Brabant was a historical region in the Low Countries. Its territory consisted essentially of the three modern-day Belgian provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Antwerp, the Brussels-Capital Region and most of the present-day Dutch province of North Brabant.The Flag of...
ian mining engineer (d. c.16451645 in scienceThe year 1645 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Astronomy:* The Solar cycle enters the 70-year Maunder Minimum.* First published map of the Moon produced by Michael Florent van Langren.-Technology:...
)
Deaths
- August 11 - Pedro NunesPedro NunesPedro Nunes , was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, from a New Christian family. Nunes, considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of his time , is best known for his contributions in the technical field of navigation, which was crucial to the Portuguese period of...
, PortuguesePortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
mathematician (b. 15021502 in scienceThe year 1502 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.-Exploration:* January 1 - Portuguese explorers, led by Pedro Álvares Cabral, sail into Guanabara Bay, Brazil, mistaking it for the mouth of a river, which they name Rio de Janeiro.* May 11 - Christopher...
) - Cornelius GemmaCornelius GemmaCornelius Gemma was a physician, astronomer and astrologer, and the oldest son of cartographer and instrument-maker Gemma Frisius...
of LouvainLeuvenLeuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...
, physician and astronomerAstronomerAn astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
(b. 15351535 in scienceThe year 1535 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.-Anatomy:* Jacopo Berengario da Carpi publishes Anatomia Carpi, the first anatomical text with illustrations, in Bologna.-Exploration:...
)