WAS HE MURDERED OR WAS HE NOT?-PART I: ANALYSES OF MERCURY IN THE REMAINS OF TYCHO BRAHE

Rasmussen, K.L.; Kučera, Jan; Skytte, L.; Kameník, Jan; Havránek, Vladimír; Smolík, Jiří; Velemínský, P.; Lynnerup, N.; Brůžek, J.; Vellev, J.

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00729.x

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WAS HE MURDERED OR WAS HE NOT?-PART I: ANALYSES OF MERCURY IN THE REMAINS OF TYCHO BRAHE

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SYSNO ASEP	0421801
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	WAS HE MURDERED OR WAS HE NOT?-PART I: ANALYSES OF MERCURY IN THE REMAINS OF TYCHO BRAHE
Author(s)	Rasmussen, K.L. (DK) Kučera, Jan (UJF-V)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Skytte, L. (DK) Kameník, Jan (UJF-V)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Havránek, Vladimír (UJF-V)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Smolík, Jiří (UCHP-M)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Velemínský, P. (CZ) Lynnerup, N. (DK) Brůžek, J. (CZ) Vellev, J. (DK)
Number of authors	10
Source Title	Archaeometry - ISSN 0003-813X Roč. 55, č. 6 (2013), s. 1187-1195
Number of pages	9 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	Tycho Brahe ; mercury ; murder ; RNAA ; CV-AAS
Subject RIV	BG - Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Colliders
Subject RIV - cooperation	Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry
R&D Projects	GBP108/12/G108 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	LM2011019 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
Institutional support	UCHP-M - RVO:67985858 ; UJF-V - RVO:61389005
UT WOS	000326893000012
EID SCOPUS	84887816614
DOI	10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00729.x
Annotation	World-renowned Renaissance astronomer Tycho Brahe died on 24 October 1601, after 11 days of illness. Several conspiracy theories regarding his death have been aired, the first shortly after his death by William Shakespeare in the play Hamlet, published in 1603. A key factor in the still lively debate is whether he was administered mercuryas medicine by his own hand, or as poison by an unfriendly hand. In 2010, Brahe's grave was reopened and samples of his bones, hair, teeth and the textiles were procured and analysed. Here, we present evidence that Brahe was not administered lethal doses of mercury.
Workplace	Nuclear Physics Institute
Contact	Markéta Sommerová, sommerova@ujf.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 173 228
Year of Publishing	2014

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