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The year '''1664 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* May 9 – [[Robert Hooke]] discovers [[Jupiter]]'s [[Great Red Spot]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jupiter - The Great Red Spot|url=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/jupiter/greatredspot.shtml|work=Enchanted Learning|accessdate=2011-11-24}}</ref>

==Biology==
* [[Francesco Redi]] writes ''Osservazioni intorno alle vipere'' ("Observations about the Viper"), demonstrating that popular beliefs about [[venom]] are untrue.

==Mathematics==
* January 18 – [[Isaac Barrow]] is appointed first [[Lucasian Professor of Mathematics]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].
* [[Blaise Pascal]]'s paper on the properties of the [[triangle]] is published posthumously.<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=53}}</ref>

==Medicine==
* [[Thomas Willis]] publishes ''Cerebri Anatome, cui accessit nervorum descriptio et usus'' in [[London]], including illustrations by [[Christopher Wren]]. This contains an accurate account of the nervous system and introduces the term "[[neurology]]".

==Births==
* February 24 – [[Thomas Newcomen]], [[English people|English]] inventor (died [[1729 in science|1729]])
* September 22 – [[Catherine Jérémie]], French-Canadian botanist (died [[1744 in science|1744]])

==Deaths==
* July 11 (''bur.'') – [[Jan Janssonius]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[cartographer]] (born [[1588 in science|1588]])
* August 22 – [[Maria Cunitz]], [[Silesia]]n [[astronomer]] (born [[1610 in science|1610]])

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