Sophia Brahe Essay

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Christian Ortiz
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Sophia Brahe
One of history’s most notable woman scientist of the late 15th century and early 16th century was none other than Sophia Brahe . Sophia Brahe was profound student in the sciences which included Medicine, Chemistry genealogy, and Astronomy. She had such a strong passion for science much like her brother who is known as a famous astronomer Tycho Brahe. It was through Tycho were Sophia learned the needed skills to uplift her scientific career.
Sophia Brahe was born in Knudstorp, Denmark on August 24th, 1556. She was born into a noble Danish household, Her mother Beaute Bille Brahe was a leader of the royal household for Queen Sophie of Denmark and Her farther Otte Brahe was an adviser for the King of Denmark. Being that their family had such a high status, she was look down upon from her family for her interest in the Scientific field however, Her brother Tycho was very supportive on the other hand and took her in as an his assistant in his Observatory (Christianson, page 107). By the young age of seventeen, Sophia Brahe become the assistant for Tycho Brahe and soon have a huge impact on planetary movement.
Sophia Brahe then began to assist her brother with many observations and projects some of which included tracking comets, watching lunar eclipses and timing them and predictions of planetary movements and orbits. Although Tychro specifically told Sophia not to study astronomy, she continued doing so anyway by increasing her knowledge in astronomy by reading and studying German books and paying a great deal of money so that old Latin books could be translated (Christianson, Page 112). Sophia was determined to become more knowledgeable in her field that she would do so at any cost even ...

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...entless search for knowledge Tycho may have not been able to become the famous astronomer he was inspiring people like Kepler and Newton, thus changing the course of history. We may not give credit to Sophia Brahe for discovering astronomical and planetary predictions but, she played a great role in the discovery and that is why she is one of history’s most notable woman scientist of her Era.

Bibliography
Christianson, J. R. On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe and His Assistants, 1570-1601. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge UP, 2008. Print.
Christianson, J. R. On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe, Science, and Culture in the Sixteenth Century. New York, NY: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.
Cramer, Jennifer. Sophia Brahe lifestyle that helped map planets. Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium & Observatory, PA. Published, March 11, 2002. http://old.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20020311kids0311P9.asp

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