Heavenly Intrigue is the fascinating, true account of the seventeenth-century collaboration between Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe that revolutionized our understanding of the universe and ended in murder. One of history's greatest geniuses, Kepler laid the foundations of modern physics with his revolutionary laws of planetary motion. But his beautiful mind was beset by demons. Born into poverty and abuse, half-blinded by smallpox, he festered with rage, resentment, and a longing for worldly fame. Brahe, his mentor, was a flamboyant aristocrat who had spent forty years mapping the heavens Heavenly Intrigue - Joshua Gilder od authora Joshua Gilder a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Joshua Gilder |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
304 |
Rok vydání |
2005 |
Žánr |
životopisy |
Nakladatelství |
Vintage Books |