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128 pp.
| Enslow |
August, 2002 |
LibraryISBN 0-7660-1757-5$$20.95
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YAGreat Minds of Science series.
This account of the life of astronomer Tycho Brahe--whose research produced copious and extraordinarily accurate astronomical observations--includes details about sixteenth-century scientific work. Gow's writing about Brahe's personal history is uneven, but her explanations of astronomical principles are well stated. Black-and-white historical illustrations include portraits and scientific diagrams. Bib., glos., ind.