John Robert Christianson
Autor(a) de On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe, Science, and Culture in the Sixteenth Century
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On Tycho's island : Tycho Brahe and his assistants,… de J. R. Christianson
This is an absorbing, academic but approachable book that -- for me, at least -- presents a portrait of Tycho Brahe and his work that is refreshingly different from the one I'd known. For one, Brahe was not 'simply' a great observational astronomer who collected reams of data more accurate than that prior to his advent: he was in fact a theorist as well, and one grounded in a fascinating esoteric brand of Neoplatonism I knew nothing about. He also comes across as considerably more wide-minded (while perhaps understandably fond of his high noble standing) than typically presented by, say, Arthur Koestler or even John Banville (whose novel _Kepler_ I love nonethless). Read and learn and enjoy.… (mais)
How would a 16th century Danish aristocrat set about creating Cern and how would it work, compared with the twenty-first century example down the road from where I write?
Excellent social history of the period and place. Rigorously researched and documented.
Excellent social history of the period and place. Rigorously researched and documented.
How would a 16th century Danish aristocrat set about creating Cern and how would it work, compared with the twenty-first century example down the road from where I write?
Excellent social history of the period and place. Rigorously researched and documented.
Excellent social history of the period and place. Rigorously researched and documented.
Excellent , as much for the social and political history as the scientific
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- Obras
- 2
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- 82
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- #220,761
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- 3.8
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- 4
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- 5