Digging up Brahe

A search for clues to the famous astronomer's death - and life

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#1 Posted by

Jiri Kolejka
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May 15, 2010 4:18 am CET

An article by Czech Radio 7 from February 22, 2010 stated Danish researchers from Aarhus University suspect Danish king Christian IV was behind Tycho's demise, not Kepler, and so they plan to compare their DNAs. How did you get Kepler involved?

#2 Posted by

Josef Novak
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May 14, 2010 9:36 am CET

I'm a bit baffled at how this article and process is unfolding. One the one had the first paragraph states that "a man who has been dead for more than 400 years will say hello to the 21st century," but then the article quotes Vellev as saying "we don't absolutely have final permission, but we are very close."

So, which is it and why is there no background information explaining this difference?

Also, how does anyone just exhume another person for the sake of "just hope to get a better picture of Tycho Brahe's life, and life during that time?"

The article is so off-the-cuff that we don't really get reporting here. Is that because it's in TEMPO so we don't have to expect real journalism. After all, someone took the time to actually interview Vellev.

It's just all a bit odd to me.