1654 in science

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The year 1654 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Mathematics
2 Physics
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 References

Mathematics

At the prompting of the Chevalier de Méré, Blaise Pascal corresponds with Pierre de Fermat on gambling problems, from which is born the theory of probability.^[1]

Physics

May 8 - Otto von Guericke demonstrates the effectiveness of his vacuum pump and the power of atmospheric pressure using the Magdeburg hemispheres before Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, in Regensburg.^[2]

Births

December 27 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705).
prob. date - Eleanor Glanville, English entomologist (d. 1709).

Deaths

August 31 - Ole Worm, Danish physician and antiquary (b. 1588)
October 18 - Nicholas Culpeper, English herbalist (b. 1616)

References

^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
^ "Von Guericke, Otto". Encyclopædia Britannica. 9 (11th ed.). The Encyclopaedia Britannica Co.. 1910. p. 670. http://books.google.com/books?id=GFAEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA670&.