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Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Johannes Kepler

Name: Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Johannes Kepler
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SKU: 9781982097134
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Contributors:

Charles River

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

History, Science

Book Subcategory:

Modern, Space Science

Book Topic:

19th Century, 20th Century, Astronomy

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Release Date:

2017-12-29

ISBN 13:

9781982097134

Weight:

0.39 lbs

Size:

11.00 x 8.50 x 0.14 inches

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*Includes diagrams of Kepler's laws and pictures of important people and places in Kepler's life.
*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.

"We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens. The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment." - Johannes Kepler
Just trying to define a man who had the qualities of a mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, inventor, and astrologer can prove difficult. But all of that can be ascribed to Johannes Kepler, one of the giants of his era who ushered in the Scientific Revolution and is often considered the first modern scientist.
Kepler stood at a moment in time when the intellectual worldview of most in northern Europe was medieval in nature, influenced mostly by spirituality, mysticism, religion, and metaphysics. Kepler, however, was far-thinking in his outlook, taking advantages of the latest technological ideas from the Renaissance and the new translations of Greco-Roman philosophers from out of the Spanish kingdoms and the former-Byzantine Empire. Kepler himself struggled with the seemingly incongruous division between metaphysics and empiricism. By practicing empiricism and coming up with his famous laws of planetary motion, he was forced to defend his positions against a number of important ideas in western philosophy and the contemporary understanding of nature and the cosmos. All the while, Kepler was never able to escape the medieval mind he possessed, and he looked for God in the designs of the cosmos, thus attempting to wed the supernatural to the physical.
Ironically, Kepler never produced results that confirmed his worldview of the cosmos - he never found the divine design of nature - but he did produce ideas that led to the view of today's universe. As such, Kepler's work came to form the backbone of modern astronomy
Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Johannes Kepler looks at the life and groundbreaking work of the influential mathematician and astronomer, explaining his laws of planetary motion and analyzing his lasting legacy. Along with pictures of important people, places, and diagrams of his work, you will learn about Kepler like you never have before, in no time at all.

Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Johannes Kepler

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