Michael
Jan 29th 2009, 12:37 PM
Was Tycho Brahe Murdered by a Contract Killer?
Over 400 years after the death of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, scientists in Prague are preparing to exhume his body. Was Europe's most renowned scholar poisoned with mercury? A Danish scholar claims to have decoded the murderer's diary.
Source (http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,601729,00.html)
An odd story, but posted here since he's a rather famous name in the history of science. I'm sure we'll hear more about it as the results of the 'exhumation' become known.
Over 400 years after the death of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, scientists in Prague are preparing to exhume his body. Was Europe's most renowned scholar poisoned with mercury? A Danish scholar claims to have decoded the murderer's diary.
Source (http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,601729,00.html)
An odd story, but posted here since he's a rather famous name in the history of science. I'm sure we'll hear more about it as the results of the 'exhumation' become known.