ON October 24, 300 years had elapsed since Tycho Brahe died at Prague, expressing in his last moments the hope that he might not appear to have lived in vain. When saying this he doubtless did not ...

Tycho Brahe was an alchemist who was reluctant to share his discoveries. In his laboratory, however, he worked with an element that humanity discovered nearly 200 years after his death.

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

Tycho Brahe was an alchemist who was reluctant to share his discoveries. In his laboratory, however, he worked with an element that humanity discovered nearly 200 years after his death.