Editing 1634 in science

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The year '''1634 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* [[Johannes Kepler]]'s fictional account of the view from the Moon ''[[Somnium (novel)|Somnium]]'' (written 1608) is published posthumously by his son.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Christianson |first=Gale E. |date=1976 |title=Kepler's Somnium: Science Fiction and the Renaissance Scientist |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4239001 |journal=Science Fiction Studies |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=79–90 |jstor=4239001 |issn=0091-7729}}</ref>

==Botany==
* [[Thomas Johnson (botanist)|Thomas Johnson]] begins publishing ''Mercurius Botanicus'', including a list of indigenous British plants.<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Johnson, Thomas (d.1644) |volume= 30 |last= Boulger |first= George Simonds |author-link= George Simonds Boulger |pages=47-48 |short= 1}}</ref>

==Mathematics==
* [[Gilles de Roberval]] shows that the area under a [[cycloid]] is three times the area of its generating [[circle]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Léon|last=Auger|title=Un savant méconnu, Gilles Personne de Roberval, 1602-1675: son activité intellectuelle dans les domaines mathématique, physique, mécanique et philosophique|location=Paris|publisher=Blanchard|year=1962}}</ref>

==Medicine==
* [[Louise Bourgeois Boursier]] publishes her ''Collection of Secrets'' on [[obstetrics]] in [[Paris]], including techniques such as [[podalic version]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Louise_Bourgeois_(French_midwife).aspx|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of World Biography|year=2005|title=Bourgeois, Louyse|accessdate=2011-10-02}}</ref>

==Zoology==
* Publication of ''Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum'' in [[London]], compiled posthumously from the work of [[Edward Wotton (zoologist)|Edward Wotton]], [[Conrad Gesner]] and [[Thomas Penny]] by [[Thomas Muffet]] and prepared for publication by [[Théodore de Mayerne]].<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Moffett, Thomas |volume= 38 |last= Lee |first= Sidney |author-link= Sidney Lee |pages=101-103 |short= 1}}</ref>

==Institutions==
* The ''[[Académie Française]]'' is formed by [[Cardinal Richelieu]] (it will be formally established in [[1635 in science|1635]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hollier |first=Denis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dr_8DwAAQBAJ |title=A New History of French Literature |date=1998-08-19 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-25461-9 |pages=267 |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
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==Deaths==
* February 15 – [[Wilhelm Fabry]], [[Germany|German]]-born [[surgeon]] (born [[1560 in science|1560]])
* June 26 – [[Nikolaus Ager]], [[French people|French]] [[botanist]] (born [[1568 in science|1568]])
* [[Marin le Bourgeoys]], French inventor and artist (born c. [[1550 in science|1550]]) (''approximate date'')
* [[Martin Llewellyn]], British [[Cartography|cartographer]] (born 1565?)

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