Editing 1632 in science

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The year '''1632 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Events==
* The [[University of Tartu]] in [[Swedish Livonia]] is founded.
[[File:Galileos Dialogue Title Page.png|thumb|300px|left|Frontispiece and title page of Galileo's ''Dialogue'']]

==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>

==Earth sciences==
* [[Martine Bertereau]], Baroness de Beausoleil, publishes ''Véritable déclaration de la découverte des mines et minières''.

==Births==
* October 24 – [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] pioneer of [[microscopy]] (died [[1723 in science|1723]])
* [[Henry Compton (bishop)|Henry Compton]], English bishop and botanist (died [[1713 in science|1713]])

==Deaths==
[[File:Rembrandt - The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp.jpg|thumb|''[[The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp]]'' by [[Rembrandt]] (1632)]]
* January 31 – [[Jost Bürgi]], [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[clockmaker]] and [[mathematician]] (born [[1552 in science|1552]])
* May 24 – [[Robert Hues]], [[English people|English]] mathematician and [[geographer]] (born [[1553 in science|1553]])
* June 21 – [[Anselmus de Boodt]], [[Flemish people|Flemish]] [[mineralogist]] and [[physician]] (born [[1550 in science|1550]])
* September 4 (bur.) – [[Hessel Gerritsz]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[cartographer]] (born c. [[1581 in science|1581]])
* November 17 – [[Pierre Richer de Belleval]], [[French people|French]] [[botanist]] (born c. [[1564 in science|1564]])
* December 8 – [[Philippe van Lansberge]], Flemish [[astronomer]] (born [[1561 in science|1561]])

==References==
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