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    Tycho Brahe
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    Adam Mosley
    • LAST REVIEWED: 28 June 2016
    • LAST MODIFIED: 28 June 2016
    • DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195399301-0237

  • Dreyer, J. L. E. A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler. New York: Dover, 1967.

    Though first published in 1906 (as History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler; Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press), this readable survey of planetary astronomy by a scholar who was both astronomer and historian is still worth consulting. Chapter 14 treats “Tycho Brahe and His Contemporaries.” Republished as recently as 2014 (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press).

  • Swerdlow, N. M. “Astronomy in the Renaissance.” In Astronomy before the Telescope. Edited by Christopher Walker, 187–230. London: British Museum, 1996.

    Provides a technically informed introduction to the astronomical achievements of Brahe alongside those of Regiomontanus, Copernicus, and Kepler.

  • Thoren, Victor E. “Tycho Brahe.” In Pla

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    Tycho Brahe

    Danish astronomer (1546–1601)

    This article is about the astronomer. For other uses, see Tycho Brahe (disambiguation).

    Tycho Brahe (TY-koh BRAH-(h)ee, -⁠ BRAH(-hə), Danish:[ˈtsʰykʰoˈpʁɑːə]ⓘ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, Danish:[ˈtsʰyːjəˈʌtəsn̩ˈpʁɑːə];[note 1] 14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations. He was known during his lifetime as an astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. He was the last major astronomer before the invention of the telescope. Tycho Brahe has also been described as the greatest pre-telescopic astronomer.[3][4]

    In 1572, Tycho noticed a completely new star that was brighter than any star or planet. Astonished by the existence of a star that ought not to have been there, he devoted himself to the creation of ever more accu

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    Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)

    Born on December 14, 1546 in Knudstrup, Denmark, of noble descent, Tycho [Tyge] Brahe was probably the greatest pre-telescopic astronomer. He was sent bygd his family to study in Copenhagen, then to Leipzig to study law, but he soon became entirely occupied with astronomy. In 1565 and 1566 Tycho studied mathematics at the universities in Wittenburg and Rostock. It is in Rostock that Tycho engaged in a duel with a fellow student and nobleman that ended up costing him part of his nose.

    Tycho's reputation as an accomplished astronomer rose quickly, primarily through his observations of and writings on the 1572 novae in Cassiopea, and of the 1577 comet. Tycho demonstrated, perhaps more convincingly than anyone before him, the falsity of the Aristotelian doctrine of the immutability of the Heavens, and of the Aristotelian theory of comets as an atmospheric phenomenon taking place in the sublunar sphere.

    On May 23, 1576, the Danish King Frederick II granted Tycho