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Discovery Tours

CZECH REPUBLIC

Discover the legacy of Kepler and Brahe with astronomy, maths,

music and art in the city of a hundred spires. Our tour with

author and broadcaster Jane Green will journey to the heart

of early science and Prague’s medieval marvels, including the

world’s oldest astronomical clock.

“I’m excited to walk in the hallowed footsteps of Johannes

Kepler and Tycho Brahe, the former a supremo mathematician,

the latter a superb observer. How thrilling to visit the beautiful

Benatky Castle where Tycho and his team lived life to the full

and recorded stunning astronomical events, and where the

planet Mars was meticulously observed, the data ultimately

leading Johannes to formulate his famous three laws of

planetary motion. What an opportunity to admire, up close,

their astronomical instruments in the National Technical

Museum.” Jane Green

Kepler’s Prague:

Music of the spheres

Spring departures:

ITALY

Encounter the great scientific minds and discoveries of the
Renaissance on a cultural adventure across the pre-eminent
cities of science, Florence and Bologna. Led by art and
architecture expert Andrew Spira and accompanied by
scientific historian Professor David Wootton.

“We will be seeing Galileo’s telescope, the most
important scientific instrument ever devised.
It destroyed the astronomical system inherited
from the Greeks and Romans and opened the
way to the eventual triumph of Copernicanism.
In Florence, Galileo wrote his Dialogue Concerning
the Two Chief World Systems, which led to his
condemnation for heresy, and his Two New
Sciences, which prepared the ground for Newton’s
physics. Galileo, more than any other individual,
brought about the transition from Aristotelian to
modern science.” David Wootton

Science of the

Renaissance

14 April 2020

To book call +44 207 593 2284

(Mon to Fri GMT 9am–6pm Sat 9am–4pm)

Or email culturaltours@

kirkerholidays.com

3 March 2020

To book call +44 207 251 0045

(Mon to Fri GMT 9am–6pm Sat 9am–4pm)

Or email tours@

traveleditions.co.uk

6 days for £1,968 (approx US$2,499)

(Mon to Fri GMT 9am–6pm Sat 9am–4pm)

7 days for £1,825 (approx US$2,319)

(Mon to Fri GMT 9am–6pm Sat 9am–4pm)