Tycho Brahe

Although many scientist and mathematicians are perceived by people as nerdy men and women engulfing all their time studying boring numbers and theories, this was not the case for Tycho Brahe. Brahe entered the world into a noble family on December 14th 1546; however, he was captured by his uncle who persistently raised the boy to study Law. Yet, his passion was not in the pursuit of law, but in Astronomy and Alchemy. After attending the University of Copenhagen and various German Universities, he gained a new desire to study the heavens. After Graduating and eventually correcting the books that he read in college to make them more accurate, he began lectures throughout Denmark pushing for a more accurate observation. After his new discoveries,
Not only was Brahe extremely defensive of being correct in his math equations, but also he was very secretive about his work and studies. Throughout his work with Kepler, he concealed much information, not allowing Kepler to steal any of his work. Although they worked together in discovering new astronomical discoveries, they hardly ever got along and constantly engaged in arguments. Furthermore, in Brahe’s observatory, he also constantly through on parties throughout the year. Inviting friends, family, and decorating the place with numerous gardens and sights to see, the place became a main attraction to visit and to party. Later on in his life, he attended a banquet in which he died soon after; however, many believed at first that he drank too much causing him to have a urinary infection and eventually killing him soon after; but, after digging up his remains and studying his mustache, they found high level of mercury on his mustache. For the time period, they did not have the ability to pin point exactly what may have happened, but many theories suggest that it may have been mercury from his alchemy experiments, or on the other hand, it could have been his close, jealous partner ]Johannes Kepler who poisoned him at the party. No one knows for sure, but the death of this mathematician/scientist is an intriguing mystery. All in all, Tycho Brahe made huge discoveries on the motion of planets before the invention of telescopes, discovered a new star in 1572, and new comet in 1577, and created many instruments to track and study the motion of planet; yet, one of the greatest discoveries about this scientist is the life he lived during his time of astronomical