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Encyclopedia > 1661 in science

The year 1661 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed


See also: 1660 in science, other events of 1661, 1662 in science, list of years in science.


Births

  • Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (died 1704)

Deaths



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Strange Science: Timeline (12460 words)
1720-René Réaumur submits a report to the Paris Academy of Sciences proposing that a brief Noachian flood cannot account for the thick sedimentary layers (composed largely of broken shells) underlying the region of Tours.
1723-Antoine de Jussieu addresses a paper to the Académie des Sciences suggesting that an ancient object, e.g., a stone tool, made of the same material and by the same process as those used by a modern population probably has the same function.
This single monograph increases tenfold the formally described vertebrates known to science.
Instant Nano Blocks: One-step process makes trillions of DNA pyramids: Science News Online, Dec. 10, 2005 (566 words)
He and his colleagues at Oxford and Vrije University in Amsterdam describe their new component in the Dec. 9 Science.
Because the pyramidal units are stiff, they hold their shapes, says Goodman.
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