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Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601)

From The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Place: Denmark Subject : biography, astronomy Danish astronomer, sometimes known by his first name only, who is most noted for his remarkably accurate measurements of the positions of stars and the movements of the planets. Tycho was born of aristocratic parents in Knudstrup in 1546. He was brought up by his paternal uncle, from whom he learnt Latin, and in early life he studied law and philosophy. A political career was planned for him, but in 1560 Tycho observed a solar eclipse and was so fascinated by what he saw that he spent the rest of his life studying mathematics and astronomy. Being of a noble family, Tycho did not need a university degree to establish himself in a profession, but he attended the University of Copenhagen and studied ethics, music, natural sciences, philosophy, and mathematics. From the beginning of his astronomical career he made a series of significant observations. Having seen the eclipse, he obtained a copy of Stadius' Ephemerides , which was based on the…
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Brahe, Tycho The Danish astronomer's model of the...
Danish astronomer who used pre-telescopic instruments of his own design to obtain planetary and star positions of unprecedented accuracy, later used by his assistant Johannes KEPLER to derive his three fundamental laws of planetary motions. Tycho was born into a noble family, his father Otto Brahe…
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Full text Article Brahe, Tycho

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Danish astronomer. Under the patronage of King Frederick II of Denmark he became the most skilled observer of the pre-telescope era, expert in making accurate naked-eye measurements of the stars and planets. He built an observatory on the island of Hven (1576) and calculated the orbit of the comet…
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Full text Article Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601)

From The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Place: Denmark Subject : biography, astronomy Danish astronomer, sometimes known by his first name only, who is most noted for his remarkably accurate measurements of the positions of stars and the movements of the planets. Tycho was born of aristocratic parents in Knudstrup in 1546. He was brought…
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Full text Article Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) (oil on canvas) (b&w photo)

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Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) (oil on canvas) (b&w photo)
Artist: Danish School, (16th century) Location: Private Collection Credit: Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) (oil on canvas) (b&w photo), Danish School, (16th century) / Private Collection / The Bridgeman Art Library Date: 16th c. Medium: oil on canvas Description: established Uraniborg observatory on…
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Plan of the Castle and Observatory of Uraniborg, constructed c.1584 by Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) on the island of Hven, Denmark from 'Le Theatre du Monde' or 'Nouvel Atlas', published in Amsterdam, 1645 (coloured engraving)
Artist: Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638) and Joan (1596-1673) Location: Private Collection Credit: Plan of the Castle and Observatory of Uraniborg, constructed c.1584 by Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) on the island of Hven, Denmark from 'Le Theatre du Monde' or 'Nouvel Atlas', published in Amsterdam, 1645…
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Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) illustration from 'Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance', written by Paul Lacroix, 1878 (engraving) (b/w photo)
Artist: Gheyn, Jacques II de (1565-1629) Location: Private Collection Credit: Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) illustration from 'Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance', written by Paul Lacroix, 1878 (engraving) (b/w photo), Gheyn, Jacques II de (1565-1629) / Private…
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Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), detail from a map showing his system of planetary orbits, from 'The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe' (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) pub. by Joannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1660-61 (hand coloured engraving)
Artist: Cellarius, Andreas (c.1596-1665) Location: Private Collection Credit: Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), detail from a map showing his system of planetary orbits, from 'The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe' (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) pub. by Joannes Janssonius, …
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General View of the Observatory of Uraniborg, constructed c.1584 by Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) on the island of Hven, Denmark from 'Le Theatre du Monde' or 'Nouvel Atlas', published in Amsterdam, 1645 (coloured engraving)
Artist: Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638) and Joan (1596-1673) Location: Private Collection Credit: General View of the Observatory of Uraniborg, constructed c.1584 by Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) on the island of Hven, Denmark from 'Le Theatre du Monde' or 'Nouvel Atlas', published in Amsterdam, 1645 (coloured…
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Full text Article ROTATION OF EARTH

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Sicilian mathematician But Aristarchus of Samos brought out a book consisting of certain hypotheses, in which the premises lead to the conclusion that the universe is many times greater than that now so called. His hypotheses are that the fixed stars and the sun remain motion less, that the earth…
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