This man wrote to his friend, Wilhelm the Landgrave of Hesse, that he would send him a moose or elk, but the creature drank beer and died from falling
This man wrote to his friend, Wilhelm the Landgrave of Hesse, that he would send him a moose or elk, but the creature drank beer and died from falling down some stairs. A German associate of this man published this man's observations in a work named for Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II known as the Rudolphine Tables. This man, who constructed research facilities known as Stjerneborg and (*) Uraniborg, refuted Aristotelian beliefs in his work De nova stella, which analyzed a supernova of 1572. Because of an injury sustained while dueling, this man wore a prosthetic nose, and he likely died from a burst bladder after refusing to leave a dinner party to urinate. For 10 points, name this Danish astronomer.
This man wrote to his friend, Wilhelm the Landgrave of Hesse, that he would send him a moose or elk, but the creature drank beer and died from falling down some stairs.
Tycho Brahe [accept either; or Tyge Ottesen Brahe]