Tycho Brahe A Picture of Scientific Life and Work in the Sixteenth Century |
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| Author:
| Dreyer, John Louis Emil |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-06871-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $52.99 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1890, this biography of the last of the naked-eye astronomers remained definitive for over a century. Dreyer 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.
First published in 1890, this biography of the last of the naked-eye astronomers remained definitive for over a century. Dreyer 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.