| Tycho Brahe: A Picture of Scientific Life and Work in the Sixteenth Century Contributor(s): Dreyer, John Louis Emil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108068715 ISBN-13: 9781108068710 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Science | History - Science | Astronomy |
| Dewey: 520.92 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.21 lbs) 434 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Famous for his metal prosthetic nose, and for being associated with 'unlucky' days in Scandinavian folklore, Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) made the most accurate naked-eye astronomical measurements of his day. Cataloguing more than 1,000 new stars, his stellar and planetary observations helped lay the foundations of early modern astronomy. John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852-1926) was a fellow Dane, but he spent much of his working life in Ireland. When he was fourteen, he had read a book about Brahe and this inspired him to 'be an astronomer and nothing else'. First published in 1890, Dreyer's biography of his hero remained the definitive work for more than a century. He sets out to illuminate not simply the life of his subject, but also the lives and work of Brahe's contemporaries and the progress of science in the sixteenth century. |