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"Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus." -- Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler (; December 27, 1571 — November 15, 1630) was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astronomy. They also provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation.

During his career, Kepler was a mathematics teacher at a seminary school in Graz, Austria, an assistant to astronomer Tycho Brahe, the imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II and his two successors Matthias and Ferdinand II, a mathematics teacher in Linz, Austria, and an adviser to General Wallenstein. He also did fundamental work in the field of optics, invented an improved version of the refracting telescope (the Keplerian Telescope), and mentioned the telescopic discoveries of his contemporary Galileo Galilei.

Kepler lived in an era when there was no clear distinction between astronomy and astrology, but there was a strong division between astronomy (a branch of mathematics within the liberal arts) and physics (a branch of natural philosophy). Kepler also incorporated religious arguments and reasoning into his work, motivated by the religious conviction that God had created the world according to an intelligible plan that is accessible through the natural light of reason. Kepler described his new astronomy as "celestial physics", as "an excursion into Aristotle's Metaphysics", and as "a supplement to Aristotle's On the Heavens", transforming the ancient tradition of physical cosmology by treating astronomy as part of a universal mathematical physics.

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Total Books: 55
Astronomia Nova
2015 - Astronomia Nova (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781888009477
ISBN-10: 1888009470
Genre: Science & Math
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Somnium  Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy
2015 - Somnium Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy ["The Dream"] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781512296167
ISBN-10: 1512296163
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Harmonies Of The World
2014 - Harmonies of the World (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781502364609
ISBN-10: 1502364603
Genres: Arts & Photography, Reference
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The SixCornered Snowflake
2014 - The Sixcornered Snowflake [Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780198712497
ISBN-10: 0198712499
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The Harmony of the World
2014 - The Harmony of the World (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781495359231
ISBN-10: 1495359239
Genres: History, Science & Math
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Der Traum oder Mond Astronomie
2011 - Der Traum Oder Mond Astronomie (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783882216264
ISBN-10: 3882216263
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Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 6
2010 - Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 6 [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143322112
ISBN-10: 1143322118
Genre: Nonfiction
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Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 3
2010 - Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 3 [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143583209
ISBN-10: 1143583205
Genre: Nonfiction
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Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 1
2010 - Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 1 [Latin Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781143645853
ISBN-10: 1143645855
Genre: Nonfiction
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Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 4
2010 - Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 4 [Latin Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781143771767
ISBN-10: 1143771761
Genre: Nonfiction
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Tabulae Manuales Logarithmicae Ad Calculum Astronomicum In Specie Tabb Rudolphinarum
2010 - Tabulae Manuales Logarithmicae Ad Calculum Astronomicum in Specie Tabb Rudolphinarum [1700 - Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781120868862
ISBN-10: 1120868866
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 8nbsppart 1
2010 - Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia Volume 8nbsppart 1 [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142841638
ISBN-10: 1142841634
Genre: Nonfiction
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Ungedruckte Wissenschaftliche Correspondenz Zwischen Johann Kepler Und Herwart Von Hohenburg 1599 Ergnzung Zu Kepleri Opera Omnia Ed Chr Frisch  Edirt Von C Anschtz
Neue Stereometrie Der Fsser Besonders Der in Der Form Am Meisten Geeigneten sterreichischen Und Gebrauch Der Kubischen Visierrute Mit Einer Ergnzung  Stereometrie Des Archimedes
Opera Omnia
2009 - Opera Omnia [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781115977821
ISBN-10: 1115977822
Genre: Nonfiction
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Dioptrice Seu Demonstratio Eorum Quae Visui Et Visibilibus Propter Conspicillanon Ita Pridem Inventa Accidunt
The Harmonies of the World
2009 - The Harmonies of the World (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780559127908
ISBN-10: 0559127901
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El secreto del universo/ The Secret of the Universe
2007 - El Secreto Del Universo/ the Secret of the Universe [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788420627007
ISBN-10: 8420627003
Genres: Nonfiction, Science & Math
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La gaceta sideral / The Gazette Sidereal Conversacion Con El Mensajero Sideral
Weltharmonik
2006 - Weltharmonik (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783486580464
ISBN-10: 3486580469
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Dioptrik
2005 - Dioptrik (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783817131983
ISBN-10: 3817131984
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2000 - Optics (Hardcover)
1979 - The Secret of the Universe [Janus Series] (Paperback)
Vom Sechseckigen Schnee Strena Seu De Nive Sexangula [Ostwalds Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften - German Edition] (Other)
Keplers Elegie in Obitum Tychonis Brahe [Nova Kepleriana - German Edition] (Other)