The Lord of Uraniborg
Subtitle: A Biography of Tycho Brahe
Contributors: John Robert Christianson (Contributor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 26, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 535
ISBN-13: 9780521351584
Subjects: Biography: general; Science/Mathematics; Brahe, Tycho,; Scientists; Science; History; Denmark; General; Biography & Autobiography-General; Brahe - Tycho; Brahe - Tycho Brahe - Tycho; Brahe, Tycho; Science / History; Technology / General; 16th century; 1546-1601; Astronomers; Astronomy; Biography
First sentence: AMONG the mass of detail that constitutes the personal, social, cultural, and intellectual background of Tycho Brahe's scientific achievement, the one indispensable fact is that he was born a Brahe, that is, born not merely into the Danish nobility but also into the small fraction of the noble class that had historically played significant roles in the administration, governance, and defense of the realm.