Jost Bürgi, Kepler und der Kaiser : Uhrmacher, Instrumentenbauer, Astronom, Mathematiker, 1552-1632 / Fritz Staudacher.
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TextPublisher: Zürich : Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2014Edition: 2 AuflageDescription: 1 volume (293 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9783038238980
- 3038238988
- Bürgi, Jost, 1552-1632
- Celestial globes
- Astronomical instruments
- Mathematicians -- Biography
- Astronomers -- Biography
- Clock and watch makers -- Biography
- Biography astronomical highgrade precision
- Europe-general
- Verlag Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Zuerich, Switzerland
- Staudacher Fritz
- Timekeeper (general)
- Prague Kassel
- History
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Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | TS544.8.B87 S83 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000071189 |
Includes bibliographical references.
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Major, richly illustrated monograph outlining the biography and scholarly achievements of the Swiss polymath (Clock,aler, Astronomer and Mathematician) Jost (sometimes Jobst) Buergi (sometimes Burgi) from Wildhaus, Toggenburg, active in Prague and Kassel, collaborator of Keppler, maker of the first clocks who could reliably measure seconds, and maker of ultracomplicated celestial globes and astronomical clocks.
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