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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.57,0:00:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you imagine the life of a scientist?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.42,0:00:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boring and monotonous,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.74,0:00:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spending endless hours in the lab
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.36,0:00:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no social interaction?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.39,0:00:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe for some but not Tycho Brahe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.98,0:00:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 16th century scholar who accurately predicted planetary motion
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.72,0:00:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cataloged hundreds of stars before the telescope had been invented
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.78,0:00:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also had a cosmic-sized personal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.02,0:00:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tycho Brahe was born in 1546 to Danish nobles,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.99,0:00:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at age two was kidnapped to be raised by his uncle instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.42,0:00:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His parents didn't seem to mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.15,0:00:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tycho was supposed to have a career in law,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.47,0:00:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but after witnessing a solar eclipse at thirteen,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.05,0:00:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he began spending more time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.50,0:00:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with mathematics and science professors,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.74,0:00:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who taught him the art of celestial observation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.27,0:00:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time Tycho's uncle sent him off to Germany a few years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.57,0:00:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had lost interest in his law studies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.52,0:00:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead reading astronomy books,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.48,0:01:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improving his instruments,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.79,0:01:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and taking careful notes of the night skies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.58,0:01:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't long before his own measurements
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.55,0:01:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were more accurate than those in his books.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.68,0:01:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While in Germany, Tycho got into a bit of an argument
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.40,0:01:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with another student at a party
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.94,0:01:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over a mathematical formula,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.74,0:01:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resulting in a sword duel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.27,0:01:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Tycho losing a good-sized chunk of his nose.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.52,0:01:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, he was said to have worn
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.28,0:01:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a realistic prosthetic of gold and silver
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.62,0:01:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he would glue onto his face.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.57,0:01:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, Tycho didn't need his nose
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.47,0:01:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continue his astronomical work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.94,0:01:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He kept studying the night sky
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.44,0:01:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creating all sorts of instruments,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.30,0:01:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including a building-sized quadrant for measuring
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.66,0:01:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the angles of stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.75,0:01:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After months of careful observation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.55,0:01:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tycho discovered a new star
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.01,0:01:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.84,0:01:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The publication of this discovery granted him rock star status
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.26,0:01:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and offers of scientific positions all over Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.97,0:01:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wanting to keep him at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.45,0:01:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the King of Denmark offered to give Tycho
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.16,0:01:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his own personal island with a state of the art observatory.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.48,0:02:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Called Uraniborg and costing about 1% of Denmark's entire budget,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.99,0:02:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this observatory was more of a castle,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.15,0:02:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,containing formal gardens,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.70,0:02:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rooms for family, staff and visiting royalty,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.96,0:02:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an underground section just for all the giant instruments.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.16,0:02:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tycho also built a papermill and printing press
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.49,0:02:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for publishing his papers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.48,0:02:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lab for studying alchemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.71,0:02:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since no castle would be complete
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.22,0:02:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without entertainment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.55,0:02:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tycho employed a clairvoyant dwarf
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.42,0:02:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named Jep as court jester.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.15,0:02:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tycho lived on his island,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.38,0:02:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,studying and partying for about 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.59,0:02:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after falling out with the new Danish King,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.98,0:02:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he took up an invitation from the Holy Roman Emperor
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.76,0:02:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become the official imperial astronomer in Prague.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.34,0:02:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, he met another famous astronomer Johannes Kepler,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.55,0:02:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who became his assistant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.83,0:02:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Kepler's work interested him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.66,0:02:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tycho was protective of his data,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.46,0:02:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the two often got into heated arguments.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.53,0:02:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1601, Tycho attended a formal banquet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.31,0:02:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he drank quite a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.03,0:03:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but was too polite to leave the table to relieve himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.59,0:03:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deciding to tough it out instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.76,0:03:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This proved to be a bad idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.42,0:03:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he quickly developed a bladder infection
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.36,0:03:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and died a few days later.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.07,0:03:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But over 400 years after his death,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.81,0:03:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tycho still had a few surprises up his sleeve.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.36,0:03:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When his body was exhumed and studied in 2010,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.100,0:03:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the legendary gold and silver nose
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.09,0:03:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was nowhere to be found,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.90,0:03:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with chemical traces suggesting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.37,0:03:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he wore a more casual brass nose instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.22,0:03:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tycho's mustache hair was also found
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.70,0:03:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to contain unusually high levels of toxic mercury.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.40,0:03:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was it from a medicine used to treat his bladder infection?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.71,0:03:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A residue from his alchemy experiments?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.41,0:03:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or did his quarrelsome coworker Johannes Kepler
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.73,0:03:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poison him to acquire his data?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.63,0:03:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may never know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.09,0:03:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the next time you think scientists lead boring lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.79,0:03:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dig a little deeper.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.18,0:03:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A fascinating story may be just beyond the tip of your nose.