HEAVENLY INTRIGUE. Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History’s Greatest Scientific Discoveries

Author: Gilder, Joshua and Anne-Lee Gilder
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2004
No. of pages: 304
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 22 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 8 1/2”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 385508441
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 6162

Price: $12.50

The eighteen months at the dawn of the seventeenth century when these two men (Kepler and Brahe) worked and lived together in Prague would mark the transition from medieval to modern science, but theirs was one of the most emotionally fraught and contentious collaborations in scientific history. Indeed, apart from their genius and love of astronomy, the two could hardly be more different. For four hundred years it was believed that Brahe died of natural causes. In fact, recent forensic analysis of remnants of his hair reveal that he was murdered, systematically poisoned. And all the answers as to motive, means, and opportunity point directly to one suspect: Johannes Kepler.