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Adventure in Ven: Visiting Tycho’s Island

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This article describes a trip to the Swedish island of Ven, where Tycho Brahe had his estate in the sixteenth century. There, visitors can see the Tycho Brahe Museum, a reconstruction of one of Brahe’s astronomical observatories, and much beautiful scenery.

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  1. Lyman Briggs College, 35 East Holmes Hall, 919 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI, 48825, USA

    Catherine Westfall

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Correspondence to Catherine Westfall.

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Catherine Westfall is the Samuel von Pufendorf Visiting Fellow at the University of Lund, Sweden and a visiting associate professor at Michigan State University.

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Westfall, C. Adventure in Ven: Visiting Tycho’s Island. Phys. Perspect. 17, 251–258 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-015-0165-9

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