The Lord of Uraniborg

A Biography of Tycho Brahe

• Author(s): Victor E. Thoren, John Robert Christianson,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 523
• ISBN_10: 0521351588
  ISBN_13: 9780521351584
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology , Science / Space Science / Astronomy , Science / Space Science / Cosmology , Science / History , Science / Physics / General ,

Description:... The Lord of Uraniborg is a comprehensive biography of Tycho Brahe, father of modern astronomy, famed alchemist and littérateur of the sixteenth-century Danish Renaissance. Written in a lively and engaging style, Victor Thoren's biography offers interesting perspectives on Tycho's life and presents alternative analyses of virtually every aspect of his scientific work. A range of readers interested in astronomy, history of astronomy and the history of science will find this book fascinating.