The year 1608 CE in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are listed below.

See also: 1607 in science, other events of 1608, 1609 in science, and the list of years in science.

Astronomy

• Hans Lippershey invents the refracting telescope

Births

• October 15 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (died 1647)
• Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian scientist (died 1679)
• John Tradescant the Younger, English botanist (died 1662)

Deaths