Overview of the events of 1634 in science
The year 1634 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy [ edit ] Johannes Kepler 's fictional account of the view from the Moon Somnium (written 1608) is published posthumously by his son.[1] Thomas Johnson begins publishing Mercurius Botanicus , including a list of indigenous British plants.[2] Mathematics [ edit ] Medicine [ edit ] Zoology [ edit ] Institutions [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Christianson, Gale E. (1976). "Kepler's Somnium: Science Fiction and the Renaissance Scientist" . Science Fiction Studies . 3 (1): 79–90. ISSN 0091-7729 . ^ Boulger, George Simonds (1892). "Johnson, Thomas (d.1644)" . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 30. pp. 47–48. ^ Auger, Léon (1962). Un savant méconnu, Gilles Personne de Roberval, 1602-1675: son activité intellectuelle dans les domaines mathématique, physique, mécanique et philosophique . Paris: Blanchard. ^ "Bourgeois, Louyse" . Encyclopedia of World Biography . 2005. Retrieved 2011-10-02 . ^ Lee, Sidney (1894). "Moffett, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 38. pp. 101–103. ^ Hollier, Denis (1998-08-19). A New History of French Literature . Harvard University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-674-25461-9 .