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1603 in science
The year
1603 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Astronomy
Johann Bayer
publishes the star atlas
Uranometria
.
Exploration
The first successful
French
colony
in
North America
,
Acadia
, is founded.
General
Accademia dei Lincei
, the oldest scientific academy in the world, is founded in
Rome
by
Federico Celesi
.
Medicine
Girolamo Fabrici
studies leg
veins
and notices that they have
valves
which only allow
blood
to flow toward the
heart
.
Births
Abel Tasman
,
explorer
(died
1659
)
Deaths
François Viète
,
mathematician
. (born
1540
)
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