Today I picked the brain of an acquaintance, a professor of the philosophy of science, about Tycho Brahe. I learned that this worthy Scandinanvian's name is pronounced Teeko Bri (rhymes with "sky"), not Ticho Bra-hee, as I had assumed. In between chess moves, I was recommended some books pertaining to Tycho and his achievements, including Kuhn's Copernican Revolution, which I KNEW I should have picked up. It's probably not too late, but still, I ought to trust my hunches, and err on the side of grabbing whatever might prove to be useful to write this thing.
The plan of action: Finish listing and ranking the 78. Write drafts of 3 or 4 of the biographies. I'm thinking Gustavus Adolphus, out of familiarity as much as affection, and Tycho--these guys are interesting to me, more so, as baroque era Europeans as Scandinavians.
I want to have a proposal soon.
Today the 78 welcomes (for the moment) Halldor Laxness, Carl Larsson, Arne Jacobsen and Gideon Sundback.
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