On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe and His Assistants, 1570-1601

by John Robert Christianson

Book Overview

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), the premier patron-practitioner of science in sixteenth-century Europe, established a new role of scientist as administrator, active reformer, and natural philosopher. This... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052165081X
• ISBN13: 9780521650816
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"