Tychonian system - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Tychonian System: Encyclopedia - Tychonian System
The Tychonian system was an effort by Tycho Brahe to create a model of the solar system which would combine what he saw as the mathematic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geocentric Model: Encyclopedia - Geocentric Model
The geocentric model (in Greek: geo = Earth and centron = center) of the universe is a paradigm which places the Earth at its center. Com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heliocentrism: Encyclopedia - Heliocentrism
In astronomy, heliocentrism is the theory that the Sun is at the center of the Universe and/or the Solar System. The word is derived from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Geocentrism: Encyclopedia - Modern Geocentrism
History of creationism Creation in Genesis Types of creationism: Young Earth creationism - Creation science Old Earth creationism Omphalo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (December 14, 1546 – October 24, 1601), was a Danish nobleman astrologer and astronomer as well as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theory: Encyclopedia - Theory
Theory has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on the context and their methodologies. Theory - Ety...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ptolemaic System: Encyclopedia Ii - Ptolemaic System - The Almagest
An Epitome of the Almagest (Epitome in Ptolemaei Almagestum) was written between 1460 and 1463 by the Austrian astronomer Georg Peurbach ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Geocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Geocentrism - History Of Modern Geocentrism
The Ptolemaic model of the solar system held sway into the early modern age; from the late 16th century onward it was gradually replaced ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tycho Brahe - Early Years
Tycho Brahe was born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (de Knudstrup), adopting the Latinised form Tycho at around age fifteen (sometimes written Tÿcho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Sungenis: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Sungenis - Biography
Sungenis was raised in a Catholic family, but became a Protestant in 1974, aged 19. He held various posts in several Reformed churches, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Theory - Science
In scientific usage, a theory does not mean an unsubstantiated guess or hunch, as it does in other contexts. Neither is a scientific theo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern World: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern World - Characteristics
The concept of the modern world as distinct from an ancient world of historical and outmoded artifacts rests on a sense that the modern w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tycho Brahe - Tycho's Death
Tycho died on October 24, 1601, several days after straining his bladder during a banquet. It has been said that to leave the banquet bef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Sungenis: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Sungenis - Theological Works And Views
Three of Sungenis' best-known works are Not by Faith Alone (1997) on the doctrine of justification by faith alone, Not by Scripture Alone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tycho Brahe - Tycho And Astrology
Like the fifteenth century astronomer Regiomontanus, Tycho Brahe appears to have accepted astrological prognostications on the principle ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tycho Brahe - Uraniborg Stjerneborg And Benátky Nad Jizerou
King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, impressed with Tycho's 1572 observations, financed the construction of two observatories for Tyc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern World: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern World - Beginning And Ending
The beginning of this period is marked by the end of the European Renaissance. Its exact definition depends on the specific usage — for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern World: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern World - Partisan Use Of The Term Worldwide
The phrase "Worldwide" has tremendous emotional appeal, and is used in various countries not only by persons from professional historians...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Geocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Geocentrism - Catholic Geocentricity
The interpretation of scripture by the Church fathers is asserted by the geocentrists to be unanimously in favor of a geocentrist positio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tycho Brahe - Family Life
In 1572, in Knudstrup, Tycho fell in love with Kirsten Jørgensdatter, a commoner whose father, Pastor Jorgen Hansen, was the Lutheran cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern World: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern World - Famous People
Much of the Modern world replaced the Biblically-oriented value system, the monarchical government system, and the feudal economic system...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tycho Brahe - Nova
On November 11, 1572, Tycho observed (from Herrevad Abbey) a very bright star which unexpectedly appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tycho Brahe - Tycho And Astronomy
Tycho was the preeminent observational astronomer of the pre-telescopic period, and his observations of stellar and planetary positions a...   » Read the article