1620 in science
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The year 1620 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- The work of Copernicus (1473-1543) is edited and released, as directed by the Congregation of the Index (reading forbidden in March 1616): nine sentences, which stated the heliocentric system as certain, were either omitted or changed.
[edit] Chemistry
- The scientific method of reasoning is expounded by Francis Bacon in his Novum Organum.
[edit] Geology
- Francis Bacon notices the jigsaw fit of the opposite shores of the Atlantic Ocean.
[edit] Births
- Jean Picard, French astronomer (died 1682)
- Robert Morison, Scottish botanist (died 1683)
- Edme Mariotte, French physicist (died 1684)
[edit] Deaths
- Simon Stevin, Flemish scientist (born c1548)
