TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thoren,Victor E.
AU  - Christianson,J.R.
TI  - The Lord of Uraniborg: a biography of Tycho Brahe 
SN  - 9780511665417 (ebook)
AV  - QB36.B8 T49 1990
U1  - 520/.92 20
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Brahe, Tycho,
KW  - Astronomers
KW  - Denmark
KW  - Biography
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); 1. A noble humanist -- 2. The new star -- 3. Becoming a professional -- 4. The first years on Hven: 1576-1579 -- 5. Urania's castle -- 6. The flowering of Uraniborg -- 7. First renovations: the solar theory -- 8. The tychonic system of the world -- 9. High tide: 1586-1591 -- 10. The theory of the motion of the moon -- 11. The last years at Uraniborg -- 12. Exile -- 13. A home away from home?
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511665417
ER  -