1603 in science
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The year 1603 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Johann Bayer publishes the star atlas Uranometria.
[edit] Exploration
- The first successful French colony in North America, Acadia, is founded.
[edit] General
- Accademia dei Lincei, the oldest scientific academy in the world, is founded in Rome by Federico Celesi.
[edit] Medicine
- Girolamo Fabrici studies leg veins and notices that they have valves which only allow blood to flow toward the heart.
[edit] Births
- Abel Tasman, explorer (died 1659)
[edit] Deaths
- François Viète, mathematician. (born 1540)
