Editing 1636 in science

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The year '''1636 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Mathematics==
* [[Pierre de Fermat]] begins to circulate his work in [[analytic geometry]] in manuscript.
* [[Muhammad Baqir Yazdi]] and [[René Descartes]] independently discover the pair of [[amicable numbers]] 9,363,584 and 9,437,056.

==Physics==
* [[Marin Mersenne]] publishes his ''[[Harmonie universelle|Traité de l'harmonie universelle]]'', containing [[Mersenne's laws]] describing the [[frequency]] of [[oscillation]] of a stretched [[Strings (music)|string]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jeans|first=James H.|year=1968|title=Science and Music|publisher=Dover Publications|isbn=978-0486619644|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/sciencemusic00sirj_1nu}}</ref>

==Publications==
* [[Daniel Schwenter]] publishes ''Delicia Physic-Mathematicae'', including a description of a [[quill]] pen with an ink reservoir.

==Births==
* Father [[Jacques Marquette]], [[French people|French]] [[List of explorers|explorer]] (died [[1675 in science|1675]])
* December 26 – [[Justine Siegemund]], [[German people|German]] [[Midwifery|midwife]] (died [[1705 in science|1705]])

==Deaths==
* February 22 – [[Sanctorius]], [[Italian people|Italian]] [[physiologist]] (born [[1561 in science|1561]])
* [[Louise Bourgeois Boursier]], French Royal midwife (born [[1563 in science|1563]])
* [[Michal Sedziwój]], [[Polish people|Polish]] [[alchemist]] (born [[1566 in science|1566]])

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