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The year 1539 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dante Alighieri</span> Italian poet, writer, and philosopher (1265–1321)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oliver Sacks</span> British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ferid Murad</span> American physician and pharmacologist (1936–2023)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael DeBakey</span> Lebanese-American surgeon and innovator (1908–2008)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Valerius Cordus</span> German physician, botanist, and author (1515–1544)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ulisse Aldrovandi</span> Italian naturalist

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antonio Scarpa</span> Italian anatomist and professor

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Valentino Braitenberg</span> Italian neuroscientist and cyberneticist

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Santorio Santorio</span> Italian physiologist (1561–1636)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Girolamo Scotto</span> Italian composer

Girolamo Scotto was an Italian printer, composer, businessman and bookseller of the Renaissance, active mainly in Venice. He was the most influential member of the firm of Venetian printers, the House of Scotto, which existed from the late 15th century until 1615. At its peak in the 1560s, the Scotto firm under Girolamo was one of the preeminent publishing firms of Europe, producing volumes on law, scholasticism, philosophy, medicine, theology, and ancient literature in addition to music. Only the firm of Gardano produced more books of music in the 16th century than the House of Scotto under Girolamo; over half of Scotto's publications, 409 out of approximately 800 in total, were books of music.

The year 1557 CE in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

References

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  2. Grendler, Paul F. (2004). The Universities of the Italian Renaissance. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 341–342. ISBN   9780801880551.