Directory of Brahe, Tycho Resources

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This category lists pages and sites about the Danish scientist Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe born on 14 December 1546 in Skane, then in Denmark, now in Sweden. Brahe was well known in his lifetime as an astrologer and alchemist.

All sites listed here are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment and/or for schoolwork.

Resources in This Category

• Brahe, Tycho

  http://space.about.com/cs/astronomerbios/a/tychobrahebio.htm
  Discover more about this Danish father of modern Astronomy who made precise, comprehensive astronomical measurements. His data was superior to all other measurements made until the invention of the telescope.

• Brahe, Tycho

  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/brahe.html
  Danish astronomer who did the most accurate measurements of the sky ever made without a telescope.

• MacTutor History of Mathematics - Tycho Brahe

  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Brahe.html
  Article of his life and work. Includes a printable version and photographs.

• The Galileo Project - Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)

  http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/brahe.html
  Illustrated essay includes biographical information and chronological discussion of his work.

 

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