Tycho Brahe and the measure of the heavens /

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 late Renaissance, while virtually inventing team research a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Christianson, J. R. (John Robert) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Reaktion Books, 2020.
Series:Renaissance lives.
Subjects:
Brahe, Tycho, > 1546-1601.
Brahe, Tycho, > 1546-1601
Astronomers > Denmark > Biography.
Astronomy > History.
Astronomes > Danemark > Biographies.
Astronomie > Histoire.
Astronomers
Astronomy
Denmark
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : Denmark and the Renaissance
  • 1. Birthright challenged, 1546-70
  • 2. Cloister into observatory : the new star, 1570-73
  • 3. Finding a new life, 1573-6
  • 4. Treasures of the Sea King : Kronborg and Uraniborg, 1576-82
  • 5. Star castle : going down to see up, 1582-8
  • 6. On the move, 1588-99
  • 7. The emperor's astrologer and his legacy, 1599-1687.

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