Tycho Brahe — a Sixteenth Century tech mogul

The 16th century Danish nobleman Tycho Brahe (1546 – 1601) was a Renaissance polymath who was able to indulge his favorite pursuits with his great wealth— a sort of 16th century Elon Musk. The recent discovery of alchemical glassware in Tycho’s laboratory on the Danish island of Ven (a.k.a. Hven) illustrates his passion for all types of knowledge, but it […]