Tycho Brahe
And his drunken moose
Background
His Achievments
He made the celestial globe, a tool used to show the underside of a sphere if the earth was inside of it.
(on the left) Made the tychonic universe theory. which is that the moon and sun revolve around the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
Impact on Today
- Discovered the supernova
- His observations on planetary movement helped build our model of the current universe
- devised the best astronomical instruments at the time
Citation
Works Cited
CSEP10. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. <http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/brahe.html>.
Gow, Mary. Tycho Brahe. Berkley Heigths, NJ: Enslow, n.d. Print.
“Tycho Brahe.” Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detriot: Gale, 1998. N. pag. Biography in Context. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/person/actionWin?resetBreadCrumb=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&limiter=AC+y&showDisambiguation=false&u=libe79362&displayGroups=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=GALE%7CZIJOPH786383694&scanId=>.
Interesting facts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe
he was sick, he tried to make a medicine and died from mercury poisoning.