1762 in science
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The year 1762 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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Biology
- Charles Bonnet's Considerations sur les corps organisées is published in Amsterdam, synthesising current knowledge of cell biology and presenting his theory of palingenesis, intended to refute the theory of epigenesis.
Mathematics
- September – Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships is established in London, pioneering mutual insurance using a method of actuarial science devised by mathematician James Dodson.[1]
- Johann Heinrich Lambert gives a proof that π is irrational.[2]
Awards
- Copley Medal: Not awarded
Births
- April 10 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (died 1834)
- November 20 - Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (died 1833)
Deaths
- February 20 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (born 1723)
- March 21 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (born 1713)
- July 10 - Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist (born 1690)
- July 13 - James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (born 1693)
- July 30 - William Braikenridge, English clergyman and geometer (born 1700)[3]
References
- ^ "Today & History". Equitable Life. 2009-06-26. http://www.equitable.co.uk/content/content_7.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ Lambert, Johann Heinrich (1762). "Mémoire sur quelques propriétés remarquables des quantités transcendentes circulaires et logarithmiques". Histoire de l'Académie (Berlin) XVII: 265–322. 1768.
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. (November 1999). "William Braikenridge". MacTutor History of Mathematics. http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Braikenridge.html. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
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