title: Tycho Brahe: astronomer of Renaissance Denmark.
abstract: As the result of a duel early in the life of this flamboyant scientist, Tycho Brahe lost his nose and soon after began to wear a prosthesis. Although evidence is impressionistic at best, Tycho's case can be seen as an example of how the use of a prosthesis produced significant biographic changes.
mesh_terms: D001256:Astronomy / Q000266:history; D003718:Denmark; D049669:History, 16th Century