Famous for his metal prosthetic nose, and for being associated with
'unlucky' days in Scandinavian folklore, Tycho Brahe (1546 1601)
made the most accurate naked-eye astronomical measurements of his
day. Cataloguing more than 1,000 new stars, his stellar and
planetary observations helped lay the foundations of early modern
astronomy. John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852 1926) was a fellow Dane,
but he spent much of his working life in Ireland. When he was
fourteen, he had read a book about Brahe and this inspired him to
'be an astronomer and nothing else'. First published in 1890,
Dreyer's biography of his hero remained the definitive work for
more than a century. He sets out to illuminate not simply the life
of his subject, but also the lives and work of Brahe's
contemporaries and the progress of science in the sixteenth
century."
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
February 2014 |
Authors: |
John Louis Emil Dreyer
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
434 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-06871-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Astronomy, space & time >
General
|
LSN: |
1-108-06871-5 |
Barcode: |
9781108068710 |
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