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

by John Robert Christianson

Book Overview

A Platonic philosopher, Paracelsian chemist, Ovidian poet, and devoted family man, Tycho Brahe was the last Renaissance man and the first great organizer of modern science. This book provides the fullest portrait available of the research and cultural interests of the man who became the premier patron-practitioner of science in sixteenth-century Europe. Starting from Brahe's well reputed role of astronomer, author Christianson adds lesser known details...

• 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"