Enjoyed last night's viewing on SBS about the Copernican revolution. Although a shame the dramatic portrayal of Brahe didn't include some detail of his prosthetic nose
(he lost part of his nose in a sword-fight/duel).
For those interested in reading up a bit more on this history, can highly recommend a little book called "The Transit Of Venus" by Peter Aughton as well as Fred Watson's book "Stargazer:The Life and Times of the Telescope". Aughton's book gives a great insight into the lives of Brahe, Kepler, Copernicus and others as background to Jeremiah Horrocks' work, who tragically died at a very young age and to all accounts a genius at what he was able to accomplish.