1593 in science explained

The year 1593 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Botany

• Founding of the Jardin des plantes de Montpellier by Pierre Richer de Belleval.
• Founding of the Botanischer Garten der Universität Heidelberg.
• Carolus Clusius becomes Professor of Botany at Leiden University, taking charge of the Hortus Botanicus Leiden.

Geography

• John Norden begins publication of his Speculum Britanniae.^{[1] [2]}

Mathematics

• François Viète publishes Viète's formula, the first in European mathematics to represent an infinite process.^{[3] [4]}

Medicine

• First printed Arabic language edition of Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā's The Canon of Medicine.

Deaths

• June 25 – Michele Mercati, Italian physician and botanist (born 1541)
• Li Shizhen, Chinese pharmacologist (born 1518).

Notes and References

1. Book: Mendyk, Stan G.. Speculum Britanniae: regional study, antiquarianism, and science in Britain to 1700. University of Toronto Press. 1989. 0-8020-5744-6.
2. Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 163–165. 0-7126-5616-2.
3. Book: Beckmann, Petr. Petr Beckmann. 2nd. 978-0-88029-418-8. 0449960. 94–95. Golem Press. Boulder, CO. A History of . A History of Pi. 1971.
4. Book: Maor, Eli. Eli Maor. 978-1-4008-4282-7. 50, 140. Princeton University Press. Princeton, NJ. Trigonometric Delights. 2011.