1571 in science

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The year 1571 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Contents

1 Mathematics
2 Medicine
3 Births
4 Deaths

Mathematics

François Viète begins publication of Francisci Vietœi universalium inspectionum ad canonem mathematicum liber singularis containing many trigonometric tables and formulas on the sine and cosine, and novel in using a decimal notation.

Medicine

Peder Sørensen publishes Idea medicinæ philosophicæ in Basel, asserting the superiority of the ideas of Paracelsus to those of Galen.

Births

December 9 - Metius, Dutch mathematician (d. 1635)
December 27 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
Willem Blaeu, Dutch cartographer (d. 1638)
Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1627)

Deaths

Bartolomeo Maranta, Italian physician and botanist (b. c.1500)