1591 in science

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The year 1591 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Contents

1 Mathematics
2 Publications
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 References

Mathematics

François Viète publishes In Artem Analyticien Isagoge, introducing the new algebra with innovative use of letters as parameters in equations.^[1]

Publications

Prospero Alpini publishes De Medicina Egyptiorum in Venice, including accounts of coffee, bananas and the baobab.^[2]

Births

February 21 - Gérard Desargues, French geometer (d. 1661)

Deaths

July 2 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian scientist and musician (b. 1520)

References

^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
^ Stannard, Jerry (1970). "Alpini, Prospero". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0684101149.