1668 in science
The year 1668 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also: 1667 in science, other events of 1668, 1669 in science and the list of years in science.
Astronomy Isaac Newton invents the reflecting telescope
Biology Francesco Redi disproves theories of the spontaneous generation of maggots in putrefying matter.
Mathematics Nicholas Mercator and William Brouncker discover an infinite series for the logarithm while attempting to calculate the area under a hyperbolic segment
Births Hermann Boerhaave, Dutch physician and chemist who made Leiden a European centre of medical knowledge (died 1738)
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