Spheres of influence.(Heavenly Intrigue: Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History's Greatest Scientific Discoveries)(Book Review)

National Review | July 26, 2004| | Copyright

Heavenly Intrigue: Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History's Greatest Scientific Discoveries, by Joshua Gilder and Anne-Lee Gilder (Doubleday, 304 pp., $24.95)

WHILE every culture has developed myths and legends about the stars and planets, the systemic, controlled investigation of the night sky stands as a recent and exclusively Western phenomenon. Joshua and Anne-Lee Gilder's Heavenly Intrigue focuses on the tortured relationship of two men who originated this scientific study of the heavens: Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe. Their efforts ...

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