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J.R. Christianson, On Tycho’s Island: Tycho Brahe and His Assistants (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000).
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(2002). Moving the Earth. In: Understanding Physics. Undergraduate Texts In Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21661-4_3
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