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Tycho Brahe

In Our Time: Philosophy

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Is Uraniborg a Castle to the Muse Urania?

Melvin Bragg: Uraniborg isn't this sort of very modern scientific research institute. It is also a castle to the muse Urania and that's kind of reinforced by this emblematic iconography. Is it, was he known around the place in Europe in his lifetime as this tremendously influential astronomer? So yes and no I think that he was known amongst the community of scholars,. But my sense is that he wasn't as well known as he might have been had he published his findings in a more timely fashion or circulated them when they were ready.

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