John Robert Christianson

'Tycho Brahe and the Measure of the Heavens'

Bog | Engelsk

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

'On Tycho's Island'

Bog | Engelsk

Tycho Brahe (15461601), the premier patron-practitioner of science in sixteenth-century Europe, established a new role of scientist as administrator, active reformer, and natural philosopher. This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which e