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Nicolaus Reimers Baer (2 February 1551 – 16 October 1600), also Reimarus Ursus, Nicolaus Reimers Bär or Nicolaus Reymers Baer, was an astronomer and imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II. Due to his family's background, he was also known as Bär, Latinized to Ursus ("bear").
Nicolaus Reimers Baer (2 February 1551 – 16 October 1600), also Reimarus Ursus, Nicolaus Reimers Bär or Nicolaus Reymers Baer, was an astronomer and imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II. Due to his family's background, he was also known as Bär, Latinized to Ursus ("bear").
Feb 10, 2009 · Nicolaus Reimers Baer ("Ursus") (1551-1600) Ursus incited a bitter controversy in 1588, when he published a geocentric model of the solar system (pictured) that looked quite similar to Tycho...
Oct 16, 2023 · In Tycho's case, his enemy was the German astronomer Nicolaus Reimers Bär (1551-1600), also known as Ursus (the Bear). Tycho accused Ursus of copying his theory of the cosmos, done when he visited Uraniborg.
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Leaving some better-known events such as his bitter dispute with Nicolaus Reimers “Ursus” to other historians, Christianson turns to topics that affirm his familiar account of Tycho as a fair manager and faithful mentor to many.
Feb 28, 2013 · Renaissance - Nicolaus Reimers - Alternate Version of Tycho's Model : Robert Wagner : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. Webamp. Volume 90%. 1 podcast historical-astronomy renaissance-nicolaus-reimers 1000161399965 09:44.
Jan 1, 2022 · Nicolaus Reimers Baer (also known as Ursus), who articulated such a view in a dispute with Tycho Brahe, argued that the empirical equivalence of different astronomical hypotheses (the eccentric and epicyclic models were traditional examples of this phenomenon) implied that it was impossible to discern between them, and that, therefore ...
