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Christianson, John Robert

 
9781789142341: Tycho Brahe and the Measure of the Heavens
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ISBN 10 : 1789142342 ISBN 13 : 9781789142341
Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2020

Synopsis

The Danish aristocrat and astronomer Tycho Brahe personified the inventive vitality of Renaissance life in the sixteenth century. Brahe lost his nose in a student duel, wrote Latin poetry and built one of the most astonishing villas of the period, as well as the observatory Uraniborg, while virtually inventing team research and establishing the fundamental rules of empirical science. This illustrated biography presents a new and dynamic view of Tycho's life, reassessing his gradual separation of astrology from astronomy, and his key relationships with Johannes Kepler, his sister, Sophie, and his kinsmen at the court of King Frederick II.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Robert Christianson is Professor Emeritus of History in Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and was made Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by King Harald V in 1995. He is the author of On Tycho's Island (2000) and co-editor of Tycho Brahe and Prague: Crossroads of European Science (2002).

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Éditeur
Reaktion Books
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1789142342
ISBN 13 
9781789142341
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
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