John Louis Emil Dreyer

Tycho Brahe

A Picture of Scientific Life and Work in the Sixteenth Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1890, this biography of the last of the naked-eye astronomers remained definitive for over a century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9781108068710
• ISBN-10: 1108068715
• Artikelnr.: 40452520

Inhaltsangabe

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.