Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the murder behind one of history's greatest scientific discoveries
Gilder, Joshua
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.
the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens
Ferguson, Kitty
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.
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.