- DURATION 60 mins
Event Description
Tycho Brahe was born in 1546 in what is now Sweden – but then Denmark. He had a strange childhood, before going off to university. There he got into an argument with another student, resulting in a duel in which he lost his nose. Subsequently he had an artificial nose made of gold & silver – his “trademark” in all his portraits.
At the age of 26 he discovered an exploding star which could be seen all over Europe for 100 nights. His book on the subject was the first of many of his ground-breaking astronomical discoveries that would make him famous all over Europe … and make him many serious enemies.
At the age of 51 he is driven out of Denmark never to return. He settles in Bohemia where he worked for a time with another famous astronomer, Johannes Kepler. Between them they figured out the orbits of the planets putting an end to any last Earth-centric views.
But then he died aged 55, either from heavy metal poisoning by his enemies, or from a burst bladder at a banquet (the historians cannot quite agree!).
So an exceedingly colourful life, interspersed with many major scientific discoveries that totally changed the world view of our Universe.
- Duration: 60 mins
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Meet the Host, Malcolm
Malcolm Coe is an Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Southampton, UK. For over 4 decades he transmitted his enthusiasm for astronomy to hundreds of students, winning awards for his creative teaching style. He gave popular astronomy talks on cruise ships for over a decade as well as countless lectures to adult groups and school children. In 2017 he had an asteroid named after himself.
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