1602 in science

• Thomas Blundeville publishes The Theoriques of the Seuen Planets, assisted by Lancelot Browne. ==Chemistry==

• Vincenzio Cascarido discovers barium sulfide. • Commencement of publication of Theatrum Chemicum, a compendium of European alchemical writings. ==Exploration==

• May 15 – Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape Cod. • Henry Briggs publishes his first mathematical work A Table to find the Height of the Pole, the Magnetical Declination being given in London. ==Medicine==

• Felix Plater publishes Praxis medica classifying diseases by their symptoms. ==Physics==

• Galileo begins his study of falling bodies. ==Births==

• March 18 – Jacques de Billy, French Jesuit mathematician (died 1679) • August 8 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (died 1675) • November 20 – Otto von Guericke, German physicist (died 1686) ==Deaths==

• July 28 – Peder Sørensen, Danish physician (born 1542) • Juan de Fuca, Greek navigator (born 1536) ==References==