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| Name: |
Tycho Brahe | | Birth Date: |
December 14, 1546 | | Death Date: |
1601 | | Place of Birth: |
Denmark | | Nationality: |
Danish | | Gender: |
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astronomer |
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 Biography of Tycho Brahe
943 words, approx. 3 pages
 Tycho Brahe was one of the most colorful astronomers in history. Born on December 14, 1546, in Denmark, Tycho was "adopted" (some say kidnapped) by his childless uncle at the age of one. Either way, his father, a Swedish nobleman, did not seem to mind.... summary from source:
 Biography of Tycho Brahe
748 words, approx. 3 pages
Tycho Brahe made the most accurate observations ever in naked-eye astronomy, which led to the laws of planetary motion created by Johannes Kepler, one of his students. Tycho was born December 14, 1546, in Knudstrup, Scania, a region of southern Sweden... summary from source:
 Biography of Tycho Brahe
592 words, approx. 2 pages
Counted among the greatest pre-telescopic astronomers, Tycho Brahe was renowned for his many achievements, including revealing irregularities in the Moon's orbit and developing the wall quadrant and other instruments leading to improved stellar...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601) Summary
920 words, approx. 3 pagesDanish astronomer Tycho Brahe was one of the most colorful astronomers in history. Born in Denmark, Brahe was "adopted" (some say kidnapped) by his childless uncle at the age of one. Either way, his father, a Swedish nobleman, did not... summary from source:
 Tycho Brahe Summary
598 words, approx. 2 pages1546-1601 Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe is considered the greatest observational astronomer of the pre-telescopic era. His observations of the 1572 nova and 1577 comet helped undermine Aristotelian cosmology, while his observations of Mars proved... summary from source:
Sophie Brahe Summary
75 words, approx. 0 pages1556-1643 Danish horticulturist and astronomer who occasionally assisted her brother Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). She frequently visited Tycho at his observatory Uraniborg on the island Hven and assisted him with observations he used to compute the... summary from source:
 Tycho Brahe Information
4,250 words, approx. 14 pages
Monument of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler in Prague Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (December 14 1546 – October 24 1601), was a Danish nobleman famed for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations. Hailing from Scania, now...
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 Scandinavian Studies Tycho Brahe as a literary figure.
03/22/1998: 11,598 words, approx. 39 pages Tycho Brahe, the first observational astronomer, is rarely viewed as a literary figure despite his rejection of the Copernican system. Depictions of Brahe include his conflicts with witchcraft, his position in the evolution of progress, and his uncompromising rigid character. Brahe scholars often portray... summary from source:
History Today Death of Tycho Brahe.(astronomer)(Brief Article)
10/01/2001: 481 words, approx. 2 pages October 24th, 1601 In 1901, on the three hundredth anniversary of his death, the bodies of Tycho Brahe and his wife Kirstine were exhumed in Prague. They had been embalmed and were in remarkably good condition, but the astronomer's artificial nose was missing,... summary from source:
 Spectroscopy The Original Scientific Instrument
12/1/2006: 1,415 words, approx. 5 pagesAfter due consideration in my copious free time, I have reached the conclusion that the world's original scientific instrument was the clock. Yes, I know that people have used mirrors since antiquity, and humanity used their eyes to study the world around them (and used...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by J. R. Christianson
11,941 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following excerpt, Christianson details the political, religious, and cosmological implications of Brahe's publication of his vernacular treatise on the comet of 1577.
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Critical Essay by J. L. E. Dreyer
9,534 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following excerpt, originally published in 1890, Dreyer assesses Brahe 's De mundi—a monograph on the comet of 1577, which contains Brahe's elaboration of his planetary system. Dreyer additionally comments on the state of astronomy in the sixteenth century and the overall significance of Brahe's theories.
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Critical Essay by Victor E. Thoren
9,159 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following excerpt, Thoren examines the evolution of Brahe's planetary system and the slow publication of the astronomer's De mundi. Thoren concludes that the observations in Brahe's monograph were insufficient in themselves to overthrow the Aristotelian cosmology of solid celestial spheres, though they were necessary to set this process into motion.
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