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The year 1653 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Biology
[edit]- Jan van Kessel paints a series of pictures of insects and fruit.[1]
Mathematics
[edit]- Blaise Pascal publishes his Traité du triangle arithmétique in which he describes a convenient tabular presentation for binomial coefficients, now called Pascal's triangle.[2]
Physics
[edit]- Blaise Pascal publishes his Treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids in which he explains his law of pressure.[3]
Births
[edit]- January 16 – Johann Conrad Brunner, Swiss anatomist (died 1727)[4]
- March 24 – Joseph Sauveur, French mathematician and acoustician (died 1716)[5]
Deaths
[edit]- Jan Stampioen, Dutch mathematician (born 1610) (gunpowder explosion)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ressources Éducatives Libres - data.abuledu.org | Les ressources libres du projet AbulÉdu". data.abuledu.org (in French). Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ McCleary, John (2017). Exercises in (Mathematical) Style. The Mathematical Association of America. p. 24. ISBN 9780883856529.
- ^ "Blaise Pascal". web.csulb.edu. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Drüll, Dagmar (2013). Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon: 1652–1802 (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 14. ISBN 9783642762963.
- ^ Robert, Maxham; Joseph, Sauveur (1976). "The contributions of Joseph Sauveur (1653-1716) to acoustics". UR research - University of Rochester. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ Bjarnadóttir, Kristín; Furinghetti, Fulvia; Menghini, Marta; Prytz, Johan; Schubring, Gert (2017). "Dig where you stand" 4: Proceedings of the fourth international conference on the History of Mathematics Education. Edizioni Nuova Cultura. p. 179. ISBN 9788868128630.