Heavenly Intrigue by Joshua Gilder

Heavenly Intrigue by Joshua Gilder

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 with unprecedented accuracy-but he refused to share his data with Kepler. With Brahe's untimely death in Prague in 1601, rumors flew across Europe that he had been murdered. But it took twentieth-century forensics to uncover the poison in his remains, and the detective work of Joshua and Anne-Lee Gilder to identify the prime suspect-the ambitious, envy-ridden Kepler himself. A fast-paced, true-life account that reads like a thriller, Heavenly Intrigue is a remarkable feat of historical re-creation.

Gilder, Joshua: - Joshua Gilder, a former presidential speechwriter, is responsible for some of the most memorable speeches of the Reagan presidency. He has written articles for The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, and The New Criterion. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his family.

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ISBN 13	9780385508445
ISBN 10	0385508441
Title	Heavenly Intrigue
Author	Joshua Gilder
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Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	2004-05-18
Number of pages	304
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