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Tycho Brahe

Also known as Tycho Brahé

Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601

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Tycho Brahe was an author born in 1546 and died in 1601. He is the author of works including *Tychonis Brahe ... Astronomiae instavratae progymnasmata*, *Tychonis Brahe Dani Scripta Astronomica*, *Learned*, *Tychonis Brahe Astronomiæ Instauratæ Mechanica*, and *Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica*. He had nine children.

His writings include the statement that there are no solid spheres in the heavens and that mathematics delights in simple truth. He also noted that an astronomer must be cosmopolitan because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services. Additionally, he wrote that those who study the stars have God for a teacher and that he hoped not to have lived in vain.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1546
Died: 1601
Works: 72

Top works

Tychonis Brahe ... Astronomiae instavratae progymnasmata
Inscriptiones haffnienses latinæ, danicæ et germanicæ, unà cum inscriptionibus amagriensibus, uraniburgicis et stellæburgicis, nec non duabus epistolis, unâ Tychonis Brahe ad Peucerum missâ, alterâ ejusdem sororis Sophiæ Brahe metricâ latinâ ad nobilem Danum Nicolaum Lange chymiæ studiosissimum scriptâ
Tychonis Brahe Triangulorum planorum et sphaericorum praxis arithmetica, qua maximus eorum praesertim in astronomicis usus compendiose explicatur
Tychonis Brahe Dani Scripta Astronomica
Learned

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Australia
Active from: 1993

Discography

Official site Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 3,509
Total plays: 31,062

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Elementary gates for quantum computation
· 1995 · cited 3,412x
Prodrugs: design and clinical applications
· 2008 · cited 1,422x
Whole-genome sequencing identifies recurrent mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
· 2011 · cited 1,287x
Mechanisms of Deubiquitinase Specificity and Regulation
· 2017 · cited 961x
Exome sequencing identifies recurrent mutations of the splicing factor SF3B1 gene in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
· 2011 · cited 868x

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Quotes

“For it is now quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens.”
“Simplicibus itaque verbis gaudet Mathematica Veritas, cum etiam per se simplex sit Veritatis oratio.”
“An astronomer must be cosmopolitan because ignorant statesmen can not be expected to value their services.”
“Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.”
“Let me not seem to have lived in vain.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Tycho
Gender: male
Citizenship: Danish Realm
Place of birth: Knutstorp Castle
Place of death: Prague
Father: Otte Brahe
Mother: Beate Clausdatter Bille
Occupation: writer
Educated at: University of Rostock
Employer: Uraniborg
Languages spoken: Danish
Religion: Lutheranism
Award: Knight of the Order of the Elephant
Doctoral advisor: Caspar Peucer
Field of work: astronomy
Image: Porträtt av Tycho Brahe - Skoklosters slott - 90153.tif
Number of children: 9
Work location: Prague
Residence: Sweden

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date of birth: 1546-01-01
date of death: 1601-01-01
cause of death: kidney failure
Commons Creator page: Tycho Brahe
topic's main category: Category:Tycho Brahe
name in native language: Tyge Ottesen Brahe
manner of death: natural causes
place of burial: Church of Our Lady before Týn
student: Paul Wittich
sponsor: Frederick II of Denmark
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
personal library at: National Library of the Czech Republic
different from: Tycho Brahe
P8168: Mario Garbuglia
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics

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Works in European collections

23 objects attributed to Tycho Brahe, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Motuum coelestium ephemerides ab anno AE. V. MDCLXVI ad MDCLXXX ex observationibus correctis nobilissimorum Tychonis Brahei, & Ioh. Kepleri hypothesibus physicis, Tabulisque Rudolphinis

Epistolarum astronomicarum libri...

Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata... : quorum haec prima pars de restitutione motuum Solis & Lunae, Stellarumque inerrantium tractat et praeterea de admiranda nova stella anno 1572

Tabulae Frisicae Lunae-Solares quadruplices; è fontibus cl. Ptolemaei, Regis Alfonsi, Nic. Copernici, & Tychonis Brahe, recens constructae

Ephemerides annorum L iuxta Tychonis Hypotheses, et accuraté e coele deductas observationis ab anno 1630 ad annum 1680

Institutio astronomica iuxta hypotheseis tam veterum, quam Copernici et Tychonis

Tychonis Brahei, equitis dani, astronomorum coryphaei, vita... accessit Nicolai Copernici, Giorgii Peurbahcii, & Joannis Regiomontani astronomorum celebrium vita

Tychonis Brahei, equitis dani, astronomorum coryphaei, vita... accessit Nicolai Copernici, Georgii Peurbachii, & Joannis Regiomontani, astronomorum celebrium, vita

Ephemerides exactissime caelestium motuum ad Longitudine Almae Urbis, et Tychonis Brahe Hypotheses ac deductas è Caelo accuratè observationes ab Anno MDCXLI ad Annum MDCC...

Landkarten von Norwegen

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Encyclopedic overview

Tycho Brahe (/ˈtaɪkoʊ ˈbrɑː(h)i, - ˈbrɑː(hə)/ TY-koh BRAH-(h)ee, -⁠ BRAH(-hə); Danish: [ˈtsʰykʰo ˈpʁɑːə] ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, Danish: [ˈtsʰyːjə ˈʌtəsn̩ ˈpʁɑːə]; 14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations which helped to turn astronomy into the first modern science and launch the Scientific Revolution. He was known during his lifetime as an astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. He was the last major astronomer before the invention of the telescope and has been described as the greatest pre-telescopic astronomer.

In 1572, Tycho noticed a completely new star that was brighter than any star or planet. Astonished by the existence of a star that ought not to have been there, he devoted himself to the creation of ever more accurate instruments of measurement over the next fifteen years (1576–1591). King Frederick II granted Tycho an estate on the island of Hven and the money to build Uraniborg, the first large observatory in Christian Europe. He later worked underground at Stjerneborg, where he realised that his instruments in Uraniborg were not sufficiently steady.

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