Tycho & Kepler: the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens
On his deathbed in 1601, the greatest naked-eye astronomer, Tycho Brahe, told his young colleague, Johannes Kepler, "Let me not have lived in vain." For more than thirty years, Tycho had made meticulous observations of planetary movements and the positions of the stars, from which he devel...
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| Zusammenfassung: | On his deathbed in 1601, the greatest naked-eye astronomer, Tycho Brahe, told his young colleague, Johannes Kepler, "Let me not have lived in vain." For more than thirty years, Tycho had made meticulous observations of planetary movements and the positions of the stars, from which he developed his Tychonic system of the universe-a highly original, if incorrect, scheme that attempted to reconcile the ancient belief in an unmoving Earth with Copernicus's revolutionary re-arrangement of the solar system. Tycho knew that Kepler, the brilliant young mathematician he had engaged to interpret his findings, believed in Copernicus's formation, in which all the planets circled the Sun; and he was afraid his system-the product of a lifetime of effort to explain how the universe worked-would be abandoned. In point of fact, it was. From his study of Tycho's observations came Kepler's stunning Three Laws of Planetary Motion-ever since the cornerstone of cosmology and our understanding of the heavens. Yet, as Kitty Ferguson reveals, neither of these giant figures would have his reputation today without the other; and the story of how their lives and talents were fatefully intertwined is one of the most memorable sagas in the long history of science. Set in a turbulent and colorful era in European history, at the turning point when medieval gave way to modern, Tycho & Kepler is both a highly original dual biography and a masterful recreation of how science advances. From Tycho's fabulous Uraniborg Observatory on an island off the Danish coast, to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolph II, to the religious conflict of the Thirty Years' War that rocked all of Europe, to Kepler's extraordinary leaps of understanding, Ferguson recounts a fascinating interplay of science and religion, politics and personality. Her insights recolor the established personalities of Tycho and Kepler, and her book opens a rich window onto our place in the universe. |
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| adam_text | TYCHO&
KEPLER
THE UNLIKELY PARTNERSHIP THAT FOREVER CHANGED
OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE HEAVENS
KITTY FERGUSON
WALKER & COMPANY
NEW YORK
CONTENTS
MAP: TYCHO S DENMARK
MAP: TYCHO AND KEPLER S EUROPE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PROLOGUE
1. LEGACIES
2. ARISTOCRAT BY BIRTH, ASTRONOMER BY NATURE
3. BEHAVIOR UNBECOMING A NOBLEMAN
4. HAVING THE BEST OF SEVERAL UNIVERSES
5. THELSLEOFHVEN
6. WORLDS APART
7. A PALACE OBSERVATORY
8. ADELBERG, MAULBRONN, URANIBORG
. 9. CONTRIVING IMMORTALITY
JO. THE UNDERMINING OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR
}1. YEARS OF DISCONTENT
|2. GEOMETRY S UNIVERSE
33. DIVINE RIGHT AND EARTHLY MACHINATION
14. CONVERGING PATHS
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15. CONTACT
16. PRAGUE OPENS HER ARMS
17. A DYSFUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION
18. LET ME NOT SEEM TO HAVE LIVED IN VAIN
19. THE BEST OF TIMES
20. ASTRONOMIA NOVA
21. THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE CREAKS AROUND
22. AN UNLIKELY HARMONY
23. MEASURING THE SHADOWS
APPENDIX 1: ANGULAR DISTANCE
APPENDIX 2: VOCABULARY OF ASTRONOMY
APPENDIX 3: KEPLER S USE OFTYCHO S OBSERVATIONS OF MARS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ART CREDITS
INDEX
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| spelling | Ferguson, Kitty Verfasser aut Tycho & Kepler the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens Kitty Ferguson Tycho and Kepler 1. publ. New York Walker 2002 XIV, 402 S.p., [4] Bl. Titelportr., Ill., graph. Darst., Kt., Portr. 21 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier On his deathbed in 1601, the greatest naked-eye astronomer, Tycho Brahe, told his young colleague, Johannes Kepler, "Let me not have lived in vain." For more than thirty years, Tycho had made meticulous observations of planetary movements and the positions of the stars, from which he developed his Tychonic system of the universe-a highly original, if incorrect, scheme that attempted to reconcile the ancient belief in an unmoving Earth with Copernicus's revolutionary re-arrangement of the solar system. Tycho knew that Kepler, the brilliant young mathematician he had engaged to interpret his findings, believed in Copernicus's formation, in which all the planets circled the Sun; and he was afraid his system-the product of a lifetime of effort to explain how the universe worked-would be abandoned. In point of fact, it was. From his study of Tycho's observations came Kepler's stunning Three Laws of Planetary Motion-ever since the cornerstone of cosmology and our understanding of the heavens. Yet, as Kitty Ferguson reveals, neither of these giant figures would have his reputation today without the other; and the story of how their lives and talents were fatefully intertwined is one of the most memorable sagas in the long history of science. Set in a turbulent and colorful era in European history, at the turning point when medieval gave way to modern, Tycho & Kepler is both a highly original dual biography and a masterful recreation of how science advances. From Tycho's fabulous Uraniborg Observatory on an island off the Danish coast, to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolph II, to the religious conflict of the Thirty Years' War that rocked all of Europe, to Kepler's extraordinary leaps of understanding, Ferguson recounts a fascinating interplay of science and religion, politics and personality. Her insights recolor the established personalities of Tycho and Kepler, and her book opens a rich window onto our place in the universe. Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> ram Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> sears Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> ram Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> sears Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> Kepler, Johannes 1571-1630 (DE-588)118561448 gnd rswk-swf Brahe, Tycho 1546-1601 (DE-588)118514237 gnd rswk-swf Astronomers - Biography sears Astronomes - Allemagne - Biographies ram Astronomes - Danemark - Biographies ram Astronomie - 16e siècle - 17e siècle ram Astrophysics sears Kepler, Lois de ram Théorie planétaire ram Astronomers Denmark Biography Astronomers Germany Biography Kepler's laws Planetary theory Deutschland Dänemark (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Brahe, Tycho 1546-1601 (DE-588)118514237 p Kepler, Johannes 1571-1630 (DE-588)118561448 p DE-604 DNB Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=009952655&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Ferguson, Kitty Tycho & Kepler the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> ram Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> sears Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> ram Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> sears Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> Kepler, Johannes 1571-1630 (DE-588)118561448 gnd Brahe, Tycho 1546-1601 (DE-588)118514237 gnd Astronomers - Biography sears Astronomes - Allemagne - Biographies ram Astronomes - Danemark - Biographies ram Astronomie - 16e siècle - 17e siècle ram Astrophysics sears Kepler, Lois de ram Théorie planétaire ram Astronomers Denmark Biography Astronomers Germany Biography Kepler's laws Planetary theory |
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| title | Tycho & Kepler the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens |
| title_alt | Tycho and Kepler |
| title_auth | Tycho & Kepler the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens |
| title_exact_search | Tycho & Kepler the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens |
| title_full | Tycho & Kepler the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens Kitty Ferguson |
| title_fullStr | Tycho & Kepler the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens Kitty Ferguson |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tycho & Kepler the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens Kitty Ferguson |
| title_short | Tycho & Kepler |
| title_sort | tycho kepler the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens |
| title_sub | the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens |
| topic | Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> ram Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> sears Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> ram Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> sears Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> Kepler, Johannes 1571-1630 (DE-588)118561448 gnd Brahe, Tycho 1546-1601 (DE-588)118514237 gnd Astronomers - Biography sears Astronomes - Allemagne - Biographies ram Astronomes - Danemark - Biographies ram Astronomie - 16e siècle - 17e siècle ram Astrophysics sears Kepler, Lois de ram Théorie planétaire ram Astronomers Denmark Biography Astronomers Germany Biography Kepler's laws Planetary theory |
| topic_facet | Brahe, Tycho <1546-1601> Kepler, Johannes <1571-1630> Kepler, Johannes 1571-1630 Brahe, Tycho 1546-1601 Astronomers - Biography Astronomes - Allemagne - Biographies Astronomes - Danemark - Biographies Astronomie - 16e siècle - 17e siècle Astrophysics Kepler, Lois de Théorie planétaire Astronomers Denmark Biography Astronomers Germany Biography Kepler's laws Planetary theory Deutschland Dänemark Biografie |
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