Tycho and Kepler (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Kitty Ferguson
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Biography and history of science
- Time of Work: 1546-1630
- Setting: Denmark and central Europe
- Principal Characters: Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Nicolaus Copernicus, Frederick II, Rudolph II
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography
- Subjects: Europe or Europeans, Science or scientists, Seventeenth century, Imagination, Denmark or Danish people, Sixteenth century, Planets, Germany or German people, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Discoveries, Mathematics or mathematicians, Astronomy or astronomers
- Locales: Denmark
God was never far from Johannes Kepler’s thoughts, either in his life or in his science. It was therefore typical that he attributed his momentous meeting with Tycho Brahe in 1600 to Divine Providence. The ensuing interactions between these men of radically different temperaments and scientific visions were often tumultuous, permeated with dramatic misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and wounded pride. Nevertheless, as a Spanish proverb has it, God writes straight with crooked lines, and both men came to see the hand of God in their relationship. On Brahe’s side, he came to appreciate...
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