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Dreyer

Tycho Brahe

A Picture of Scientific Life and Work in the Sixteenth Century

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-108-06871-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungstermin: 16.01.2014
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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.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781108068710
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-108-06871-0
  • Verlag: Cambridge University Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 16.01.2014
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2014
  • Serie: Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
  • Gewicht: 609 g
  • Seiten: 434
  • Format (B x H x T): 140 x 216 x 26 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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Preface; 1. The revival of astronomy in Europe; 2. Tycho Brahe's youth; 3. The new star of 1572; 4. Tycho's oration on astrology and his travels in 1575; 5. The island of Hveen and Tycho Brahe's observatories and other buildings; 6. Tycho's life at Hveen until the death of King Frederick II; 7. Tycho's book on the comet of 1577, and his system of the world; 8. Further work on the star of 1572; 9. The last years at Hveen, 1588-97; 10. Tycho's life from his leaving Hveen until his arrival at Prague; 11. Tycho Brahe in Bohemia - his death; 12. Tycho Brahe's scientific achievements; Appendix; Notes; Index.