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bearing manner, intolerant of obstacles. This
led to friction, and eventually the observa-
tories were dismantled, and Tycho Brahe
was received by the Emperor Rudolph II.,
who placed a house in Prague at his dis-
posal. Here he worked for a few years, with
Kepler as one of his assistants, and he died
in the year 1601.
It is an interesting fact that Tycho Brahe
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