More from the Renaissance Mathematicus’ ‘Rough Guide’ series: In the standard mythologised history of astronomy of the Early Modern Period comets are only mentioned once. We get told, in classical hagiographical manner, how Tycho Brahe observed the great comet of 1577 and thus smashed the crystalline spheres of Aristotelian cosmology freeing the way for the …
Continue reading “‘Comets and Heliocentricity: A Rough Guide’”