Ticobra was a patron of artists, artisans and mathematicians. He came in contact with Johannes Kepler on his way to Prague. Tico is always on the lookout for talented young men to assist him in his labors. It's also true that Kepler is useful to Ticobra because he inadvertently has stepped into the middle of a dispute between TicobRAhe and another mathematician called Usus. But the key thing, the key thing about the relationship,. is that it leads to something that Kepler is once or long, which is access to Tico's observations.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546 – 1601) whose charts offered an unprecedented level of accuracy.
In 1572 Brahe's observations of a new star challenged the idea, inherited from Aristotle, that the heavens were unchanging. He went on to create his own observatory complex on the Danish island of Hven, and there, working before the invention of the telescope, he developed innovative instruments and gathered a team of assistants, taking a highly systematic approach to observation. A second, smaller source of renown was his metal prosthetic nose, which he needed after a serious injury sustained in a duel.
The image above shows Brahe aged 40, from the Atlas Major by Johann Blaeu.
With
Ole Grell
Emeritus Professor in Early Modern History at the Open University
Adam Mosley
Associate Professor of History at Swansea University
and
Emma Perkins
Affiliate Scholar in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.