Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PLATES
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I THE REVIVAL OF ASTRONOMY IN EUROPE
- CHAPTER II TYCHO BRAHE'S YOUTH
- CHAPTER III THE NEW STAR OF 1572
- CHAPTER IV TYCHO'S ORATION ON ASTROLOGY AND HIS TRAVELS IN 1575
- CHAPTER V THE ISLAND OF HVEEN AND TYCHO BRAHE'S OBSERVATORIES AND OTHER BUILDINGS–HIS ENDOWMENTS
- CHAPTER VI TYCHO'S LIFE AT HVEEN UNTIL THE DEATH OF KING FREDERICK II
- CHAPTER VII TYCHO'S BOOK ON THE COMET OF 1577, AND HIS SYSTEM OF THE WORLD
- CHAPTER VIII FURTHER WORK ON THE STAR OF 1572
- CHAPTER IX THE LAST YEARS AT HVEEN, 1588-1597
- CHAPTER X TYCHO'S LIFE FROM HIS LEAVING HVEEN UNTIL HIS ARRIVAL AT PRAGUE
- CHAPTER XI TYCHO BRAHE IN BOHEMIA–HIS DEATH
- CHAPTER XII TYCHO BRAHE'S SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS
- APPENDIX
- NOTES
- INDEX
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PLATES
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I THE REVIVAL OF ASTRONOMY IN EUROPE
- CHAPTER II TYCHO BRAHE'S YOUTH
- CHAPTER III THE NEW STAR OF 1572
- CHAPTER IV TYCHO'S ORATION ON ASTROLOGY AND HIS TRAVELS IN 1575
- CHAPTER V THE ISLAND OF HVEEN AND TYCHO BRAHE'S OBSERVATORIES AND OTHER BUILDINGS–HIS ENDOWMENTS
- CHAPTER VI TYCHO'S LIFE AT HVEEN UNTIL THE DEATH OF KING FREDERICK II
- CHAPTER VII TYCHO'S BOOK ON THE COMET OF 1577, AND HIS SYSTEM OF THE WORLD
- CHAPTER VIII FURTHER WORK ON THE STAR OF 1572
- CHAPTER IX THE LAST YEARS AT HVEEN, 1588-1597
- CHAPTER X TYCHO'S LIFE FROM HIS LEAVING HVEEN UNTIL HIS ARRIVAL AT PRAGUE
- CHAPTER XI TYCHO BRAHE IN BOHEMIA–HIS DEATH
- CHAPTER XII TYCHO BRAHE'S SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS
- APPENDIX
- NOTES
- INDEX
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- Tycho BraheA Picture of Scientific Life and Work in the Sixteenth Century, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014