Editing 1591 in science

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The year '''1591 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] included many events, some of which are listed here.

==Mathematics==
* [[François Viète]] publishes ''In Artem Analyticien Isagoge'', introducing the [[new algebra]] with innovative use of letters as parameters in equations.<ref>{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Crilly|title=50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know|location=London|publisher=Quercus|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84724-008-8|page=57}}</ref>
* [[Giordano Bruno]] publishes {{Lang|la|De triplici minimo et mensura, De monade numero et figura}} and {{Lang|la|De innumerabilibus, immenso, et infigurabili}} in Francfort.

==Technology==
* The [[Rialto Bridge]] in [[Venice]], designed by [[Antonio da Ponte]], is completed.

==Publications==
* [[Prospero Alpini]] publishes ''De Medicina Egyptiorum'' in [[Venice]], including accounts of [[coffee]], [[banana]]s and the [[baobab]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Stannard|first=Jerry|title=Alpini, Prospero|encyclopedia=[[Dictionary of Scientific Biography]]|volume=1|pages=124–125|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|location=New York|year=1970|isbn=0-684-10114-9}}</ref>
* Publication of the first of the [[Conimbricenses]] commentaries on [[Aristotle]] by the [[Jesuits]] of the [[University of Coimbra]], ''Commentarii Collegii Conimbricensis Societatis Jesu in octo libros physicorum Aristotelis Stagyritæ'', on Aristotle's ''[[Physics (Aristotle)|Physics]]''.

==Births==
* February 21 – [[Gérard Desargues]], French [[geometer]] (died [[1661 in science|1661]])

==Deaths==
* July 2 – [[Vincenzo Galilei]], Italian scientist and musician (born [[1520 in science|1520]])

==References==
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