The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

Name: The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler
Author: David Brewster

by David Brewster

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Bryan Ness, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

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2008-07-07

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Public domain in the USA.

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Scientists -- Biography Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601

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David Brewster

1781–1868

A Scottish scientist, inventor, and writer, he helped make the study of light and vision vivid for ordinary readers as well as specialists. Best known for work in optics and for popularizing the kaleidoscope, he brought scientific curiosity to everything from photography to the natural wonders of the world.

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