Editing 1602 in science

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The year '''1602 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* [[Thomas Blundeville]] publishes ''The Theoriques of the Seuen Planets'', assisted by [[Lancelot Browne]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Mordechai|last=Feingold|title=The Mathematicians' Apprenticeship: Science, Universities and Society in England, 1560–1640|url=https://archive.org/details/mathematiciansap0000fein|url-access=registration|year=1984|page=[https://archive.org/details/mathematiciansap0000fein/page/50 50]}}</ref>

==Chemistry==
* Vincenzio Cascarido discovers [[barium sulfide]].<ref name=tt>{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Grun|title=The Timetables of History|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-74919-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun/page/269 269]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun}}</ref>
* Commencement of publication of ''[[Theatrum Chemicum]]'', a compendium of European [[Alchemy|alchemical]] writings.

==Exploration==
* May 15 – [[Bartolomew Gosnold]] becomes the first European to discover [[Cape Cod]].
* [[Henry Briggs (mathematician)|Henry Briggs]] publishes his first mathematical work ''A Table to find the Height of the Pole, the Magnetical Declination being given'' in [[London]].

==Medicine==
* [[Felix Plater]] publishes ''Praxis medica'' classifying diseases by their symptoms.

==Physics==
* [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]] begins his study of falling bodies.<ref name=tt/>

==Births==
* March 18 – [[Jacques de Billy]], [[France|French]] [[Jesuit]] [[mathematician]] (died [[1679 in science|1679]])
* August 8 – [[Gilles de Roberval]], French mathematician (died [[1675 in science|1675]])
* November 20 – [[Otto von Guericke]], [[German people|German]] [[physicist]] (died [[1686 in science|1686]])

==Deaths==
* July 28 – [[Peder Sørensen]], [[Denmark|Danish]] [[physician]] (born [[1542 in science|1542]])
* [[Juan de Fuca]], [[Greeks|Greek]] [[navigator]] (born [[1536 in science|1536]])

==References==
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