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Heavenly intrigue

Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the murder behind one of history's greatest scientific discoveries
2004
Chronicles the stormy collaboration between astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler at the turn of the seventeenth century, discussing how their discoveries would mark the transition from medieval to modern science and why Kepler is believed to have killed Brahe in order to take credit for Brahe's discoveries.

Tycho & Kepler

the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens
2002
Chronicles the lives of sixteenth-century Danish and German astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler and explains how Tycho's inaccurate findings actually helped Kepler develop the three Laws of Planetary Motion, on which modern cosmology is based.

Tycho Brahe

astronomer
2002
Presents the life and work of the famous sixteenth-century Danish astronomer.

Tycho Brahe

pioneer of astronomy
2008
A biography of the sixteenth-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. Includes photographs, a time line, a list of resources, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

Tycho Brahe

mapping the heavens
2003
Presents the life and work of the famous sixteenth-century Danish astronomer.
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