Fortunio Liceti (1577-1657) was an Italian scientist. Events March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold May 28 - Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ... This article is about the profession. ...

He was born in Rapallo, and studied at the University of Bologna, graduating with doctorates in philosophy and medicine. He then took a position of chair at the University of Pisa. He later returned to Bologna and then to Padova. He was noted for his expertise on Aristotle. This is about a Ligurian commune, see Rapallo for a resort on the Adriatic coast. ... The University of Bologna (Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is the university of Bologna, in Italy. ... The University of Pisa (Italian Università di Pisa) is one of the most renowned Italian universities. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... Tronco Maestro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the inland waterway or naviglio interno of Padua The city of Padua (Lat. ... Aristotle, marble copy of bronze by Lysippos. ...

In 1616 he published De Monstruorum Natura which marked the beginning of studies into malformations of the embryo. He described various monsters, both real and imaginary, and looks for reasons to explain their appearance. His approach differed from the common European viewpoint of the time, as he regarded monsters not as a divine punishment but rather a fantastical rarety. He also supported the idea of transmission of characteristics from father to son. Events October 25 — Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at an island off the Western Australian coast Pocahontas arrives in England War between Venice and Austria Collegium Musicum founded in Prague Nicolaus Copernicus De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books... Embryos (and one tadpole) of the wrinkled frog (Rana rugosa). ...

Liceti's work De spontaneo Viventium Ortu, published in 1618, supported the hypothesis of spontaneous generation of small animals, or abiogenesis. (This was later refuted by the work of Francesco Redi.) Liceti also wrote De feriis altricis animae which dealt with the spirits of animals. Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... Abiogenesis (Greek a-bio-genesis, non biological origins) is, in its most general sense, the hypothetical generation of life from non-living matter. ... Redi is featured in many modern-day science textbooks due to his experiment. ...

He was also known for other unusual proposals and investigations, including topics in astronomy, phosphorescence, gems, and mysticism. He died in Padova. Licetus crater on the Moon was named for him. Astrometry: the study of the position of objects in the sky and their changes of position. ... Phosphorescent powder under visible light, ultraviolet light, and total darkness. ... GEM is an acronym for: Genetically Engineered Microorganism Global Electric Microcars Graphical Environment Manager — a windowing system created by Digital Research, Inc. ... Tronco Maestro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the inland waterway or naviglio interno of Padua The city of Padua (Lat. ... Licetus is a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon, in the rugged southern highland region. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ...

Bibliography

• De monstruorum natura, caussis, natura, et differentiis libri duo, (On the nature, causes and differences of monsters), 1616.
• De spontaneo Viventium Ortu, 1618.
• De feriis altricis animae nemeseticae disputationes, 1631.
• Allegoria peripatetica de generatione, amicitia, et privatione in aristotelicum aenigma elia lelia crispis, 1630.
• Litheosphorus, sive de lapide Bononiensi lucem, 1640.
• De Lunae Subobscura Luce prope coniunctiones, 1641.
• Hydrologiae peripateticae, 1655.