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Online article on Kepler at 'brain pickings'

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:55 pm
by Chich
This was a good read. Left me thinking on how brilliant the man was and how challenging his times were.

There are also some links to beautiful astro art prints

"How Kepler Invented Science Fiction and Defended His Mother in a Witchcraft Trial While Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Universe"

https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/12/2 ... 6hspH-PZa4

Re: Online article on Kepler at 'brain pickings'

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:32 pm
by notFritzArgelander
That is an extremely beautiful piece. Thank you very much.

Re: Online article on Kepler at 'brain pickings'

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:58 pm
by Ylem
Very nice read, I do remember about his Mom, but never heard of the other things in that article, Thanks

Re: Online article on Kepler at 'brain pickings'

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 2:28 pm
by helicon
Very interesting article. Actually I had never heard anything about his mother. He certainly was instrumental in working out the planetary motions, a task many of us have replicated in Physics' courses over the years.