Editing Tycho Brahe (section)

===Biographies===
[[File:Brahe kepler.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|A monument to Tycho Brahe and [[Johannes Kepler]] in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]]]]
The first biography of Tycho, which was also the first full-length biography of any scientist, was written by Gassendi in 1654.{{sfn|Kragh|2007|p=122}} In 1779, Tycho de Hoffmann wrote of Tycho's life in his history of the Brahe family. In 1913, [[Johann Dreyer|Dreyer]] published Tycho's collected works, facilitating further research. Early modern scholarship on Tycho tended to see the shortcomings of his astronomical model, painting him as a mysticist recalcitrant in accepting the Copernican revolution, and valuing mostly his observations that allowed Kepler to formulate his laws of planetary movement. Especially in Danish scholarship, Tycho was depicted as a mediocre scholar and a traitor to the nation{{snd}}perhaps because of the important role in Danish historiography of Christian IV as a warrior king.{{sfn|Björklund|1992}} 

In the second half of the 20th century, scholars began reevaluating his significance, and studies by Kristian Peder Moesgaard, Owen Gingerich, Robert Westman, Victor E. Thoren, John R. Christianson and C. Doris Hellman focused on his contributions to science, and demonstrated that while he admired Copernicus he was simply unable to reconcile his basic theory of physics with the Copernican view.{{sfn|Christianson|2002}}{{sfn|Christianson|1998}} Christianson's work showed the influence of Tycho's Uraniborg as a training center for scientists who after studying with Tycho went on to make contributions in various scientific fields.{{sfn|Kragh|2007}}