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The year 1665 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.


See also: 1664 in science, other events of 1665, 1666 in science and the list of years in science.


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  • Robert Hooke discovers cells in cork, then in living plant tissue using an early microscope

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EDGE: SPECULATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE By Kevin Kelly (2714 words)
Science will continue to surprise us with what it discovers and creates; then it will astound us by devising new methods to surprises us.
For example, science papers cite other science papers, and that process of research pointing at itself invokes a whole higher level, the emergent shape of citation space.
But as science plunges into the outer limits of scale – at the largest and smallest ends – and confronts the weirdness of the fundamental principles of matter/energy/information such as that inherent in quantum effects, it may not be able to ignore the role of observer.
1665 in science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (94 words)
The year 1665 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1664 in science, other events of 1665, 1666 in science and the list of years in science.
Robert Hooke discovers cells in cork, then in living plant tissue using an early microscope
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