Editing 1632 in science (section)

==Astronomy==
* February 22 – [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]'s ''[[Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems]]'' (''Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo''), comparing the [[Nicolaus Copernicus|Copernican]] system with the traditional [[Ptolemy|Ptolemaic]] view, is published in [[Florence]] and delivered to his patron, [[Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gindikin|first=Semen Grigor'evich|title=Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vhx--jfFN8IC&pg=PA62|accessdate=2011-02-22|year=1988|location=Boston|publisher=Birkhäuser|isbn=978-0-8176-3317-2|page=62}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Dava|last=Sobel|authorlink=Dava Sobel|title=Galileo's Dialogue|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto|date=2008-08-30|url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080829.w50booksdialogue/BNStory/DAVA+SOBEL|accessdate=2011-09-26|archive-date=2017-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228165632/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080829.w50booksdialogue/BNStory/DAVA+SOBEL|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* August 9 – [[Leiden University]] in the [[Dutch Republic]] resolves to erect the world's first official [[Leiden Observatory|observatory]].<ref>{{cite book|first=J. D.|last=North|chapter=Georg Markgraf|title=The Universal Frame: Historical Essays in Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, and Scientific Method|location=London|publisher=Hambledon|year=1989|isbn=0-907628-95-8|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2xxatst4OQC&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=Leiden+observatory+1632#q=Leiden%20observatory%201632|page=226|accessdate=2011-09-26}}</ref>