Of the patriarchs of science, Kepler is the least known. This injustice should be rectified, for Kepler not only taught us about how the planets... Of all the patriarchs of science, Johannes Kepler is ...

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It is the beginning of the 17th century. The idea that theentire cosmos is going around Earth is still prevalent but isshowing its age. A new breed of astronomers is challenging the oldways, and with ...

A short piece by Aviva Rothman, assistant professor in the Department of History, appeared in an issue of Physics Today. Titled “Johannes Kepler’s pursuit of harmony,” the piece is adapted from ...

Zielona Gora, Poland—The great German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) arrived in this forested region to serve his last employer exactly 380 years ago—reason enough for some two dozen science ...

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As Europe was being torn apart in the early 17th century by conflicts between Catholics and Protestants — that would lead to the devastating Thirty Years War in 1618 — the German astronomer Johannes ...

Poor Johannes Kepler. One of the greatest astronomers ever, the man who figured out the laws of planetary motion, a genius, scholar and mathematician — in 1611, he needed a wife. The previous Mrs.