Revolg
February 15th 2003, 10:44 PM
Lets say that this man was either a slub or a mad man. I'm not sure which to describe him as. Although he did lose his nose in a duel on who was the better mathematician. Later in his life he met another interested theoritican, Johannes Kepler. Brahe didn't have the imagination or the brain power to put together a workable theory on how the solar system operated on ellipses. Brahe and Kepler were at odds with each other and normally did not get along well at all. The only time they shared the mutual cooperation was at the dinner table. I'm going to do a cross section examination of Brahe's beliefs of the Universe and then Kepler's.
Tycho Brahe
Heliocentric or Geocentric: While the popular brand of Ptolemaic gencentricism had long been debunked several centuries ago by provable facts in the long line of observation, Brahe held on to the geocentric belief that the Earth was the center of it all. It has been known that he was one of the last major supporters of the long-ago debunked theory of Geocentricism.
What he discovered: As an astronomer, Brahe helped revolutionize astronomy. He after many hours of intense observations in his comfy recliner, found a hidden star in the constellation Cassiopeia. Observed a comet pass in the solar system in the year 1577. Demolished the belief of real celestial spheres after 1575. Before that many adherents of geocentricism believed the planets were connected to non-moving and stationary spheres. Before Kepler got a hold of his observations, Brahe kept most of his information down in notes that were given to his relatives when his bladder exploded (apparently he was the precursor of patron saints of McDonald's). He drank too much wine and ate too much food. Brahe's bladder couldn't hold the excess and it just popped. What a way to meet your end.
Major Works: (1) De Nova et Nullius Aevi Memoria Prius Visa Stella, (2) De Mundi Aetherei Recentioribus Phaenomenis, (3) Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica, and (4) Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata.
Johannes Kepler
Heliocentric or Geocentric: Unlike his employer, Kepler knew that the Sun was the center of this solar system. He used exact observations by Brahe to do much to strengthen and support the Heliocentric theory that the Sun was the center of the solar system.
What he Discovered: Kepler with the help of Tycho Brahe's observations developed "Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary Motion" which are foundational to the way the universe works even today. Without Kepler's profound theory on why the universe works the way it is, some think that we wouldn't have gone to the moon in the 60s. But what we go to realize was that Kepler was probably the first real astrophysist and the last astrologer. He was a religious man and contributed his mass works to God and believed that God gave him insights to his works. Kepler concluded that the orbit of Mars was an ellipse with the Sun in one of its foci (a result which when extended to all the planets is now called "Kepler's First Law"), and that a line joining the planet to the Sun swept out equal areas in equal times as the planet described its orbit ("Kepler's Second Law"), and the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets ("Kepler's Third Law"). Developed some serious advancements in the area of calculus.
Major Works: Rudolphine Tables, Harmony of the World, Harmonice mundi, and New Stereometry of wine barrels.
Tycho Brahe
Heliocentric or Geocentric: While the popular brand of Ptolemaic gencentricism had long been debunked several centuries ago by provable facts in the long line of observation, Brahe held on to the geocentric belief that the Earth was the center of it all. It has been known that he was one of the last major supporters of the long-ago debunked theory of Geocentricism.
What he discovered: As an astronomer, Brahe helped revolutionize astronomy. He after many hours of intense observations in his comfy recliner, found a hidden star in the constellation Cassiopeia. Observed a comet pass in the solar system in the year 1577. Demolished the belief of real celestial spheres after 1575. Before that many adherents of geocentricism believed the planets were connected to non-moving and stationary spheres. Before Kepler got a hold of his observations, Brahe kept most of his information down in notes that were given to his relatives when his bladder exploded (apparently he was the precursor of patron saints of McDonald's). He drank too much wine and ate too much food. Brahe's bladder couldn't hold the excess and it just popped. What a way to meet your end.
Major Works: (1) De Nova et Nullius Aevi Memoria Prius Visa Stella, (2) De Mundi Aetherei Recentioribus Phaenomenis, (3) Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica, and (4) Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata.
Johannes Kepler
Heliocentric or Geocentric: Unlike his employer, Kepler knew that the Sun was the center of this solar system. He used exact observations by Brahe to do much to strengthen and support the Heliocentric theory that the Sun was the center of the solar system.
What he Discovered: Kepler with the help of Tycho Brahe's observations developed "Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary Motion" which are foundational to the way the universe works even today. Without Kepler's profound theory on why the universe works the way it is, some think that we wouldn't have gone to the moon in the 60s. But what we go to realize was that Kepler was probably the first real astrophysist and the last astrologer. He was a religious man and contributed his mass works to God and believed that God gave him insights to his works. Kepler concluded that the orbit of Mars was an ellipse with the Sun in one of its foci (a result which when extended to all the planets is now called "Kepler's First Law"), and that a line joining the planet to the Sun swept out equal areas in equal times as the planet described its orbit ("Kepler's Second Law"), and the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets ("Kepler's Third Law"). Developed some serious advancements in the area of calculus.
Major Works: Rudolphine Tables, Harmony of the World, Harmonice mundi, and New Stereometry of wine barrels.