On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe and His Assistants, 1570-1601 - John Robert Christianson - Google Books

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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…