Johannes Hevelius: via beer, on to the stars
He was a Gdańsk patrician and councillor who, thanks to his income from beer production, was able to conduct groundbreaking observations of space. He was one of the most eminent astronomers of 17th-century Europe and the creator of scientific knowledge of the Moon. by Jan Hlebowicz Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687) was born and grew up…