Tycho Brahe was also an astrologer, alchemist, and
herbalist.
He built his own astronomical instruments,
two observatories, a papermill, and his own printing press.
His “unlucky days” entered into
Scandinavian folklore;
his herbal medicines were in use for three hundred years.
In our day
Born Tyge Ottesen Brahe,
Tycho Latinized his name
when he was a boy. As an adult
he published his work only in New Latin,
De nova stella,
Astronomiæ Instauratæ Mechanica,
Astronomiæ Instauratæ
Progymnasmata,
Tabulæ Rudolphinæ.
Few today, after only
a few hundred years, read New Latin.
And here we are, depending on a vocabulary
that might eventually seem as difficult.
Tycho Brahe was the last major observational astronomer to work
without a telescope; he used sextants and quadrants. Actually, in
Astronomiæ Instauratæ Mechanica Brahe
described more than a couple dozen astronomical instruments that
he used or designed. Galileo Galilei introduced the use of
telescopes into astronomy in 1610.
Tycho Brahe the man is known for his geo-heliocentric model
of the solar system, and for a duel during which he lost his nose.
Tycho Brahe was the last major observational astronomer to work without a telescope; he used sextants and quadrants. Actually, in Astronomiæ Instauratæ Mechanica Brahe described more than a couple dozen astronomical instruments that he used or designed. Galileo Galilei introduced the use of telescopes into astronomy in 1610.
Tycho Brahe the man is known for his geo-heliocentric model of the solar system, and for a duel during which he lost his nose.
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