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Good God - How on Earth can a mortal soul maximize the amount of love and happiness in their life? Well, history's greatest scientists found the answer using no other language than math.
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See Kepler in shorts, being de, then rebunked (or just bunked?) and a new hint that the history written about Kepler and HIS discoveries is still being revised - as OUR views change.
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Did you know Johannes Kepler is now living in the world of DR Who? Not only that, but our hero has joined the hall of fame game too...
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Was it a bird? Was it a plane? A comet? A star? A supernova? Or the spirit of little baby Jesus falling from grace, down into a smelly shed in downtown Bethlehem? Only God knows, but in his book Astronomia Nova, our hero "in-the-know Jo" had a couple of things to say...
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This highly unrealistic, overly-condensed but entertaining telling of Kepler's arrival in Prague to his elevation to imperial mathematician was first broadcast by BBC Radio in 2004. Yes, its Cumberbatch Kepler!
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In this single episode of a BBC programme, Philip Ball reveals the tale of Kepler's small booklet 'On The Six-Cornered Snowflake". The 17th-century astronomer wished to explain the intricate and symmetrical shape of winter's tiny stars of snow.
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What on Earth would Kepler have thought about the gifts created to remember the great man and his discoveries? And what would he be wearing today?
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Johannes Kepler is most known for his work in the astronomy, most notably, the formulation of laws that explained the motion of planets. He was also a practising astrologer, even though he believed the practice to be nonsense. He, like many other scientists of his era, used astrology to fund their scientific research.
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A collection of the best illustrations, digital art and graphics dedicated to the one and only genius German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler...
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Watch how Kepler explored unknown landscapes hidden in the Bible, art, and music before uncovering the mysteries of the planets and the universe in geometry and mathematics. All the while, knowing God was watching his great plan being revealed piece by piece...
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So today is December 27th - Kepler's birthday - what on Earth would he have thought about the gifts created to remember the great man and his discoveries.
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Did Kepler see the world not as a collection of particles and energies, but as fluctuations in a "quantum field"? Watch this insightful lecture by Sylvia Brewda to find out...
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Watch how Kepler's vision of spirit and matter could be unified, his opinion on the validity of astrology and how his pythagorean esoteric philosophy of the world is could be described by some as occult.
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On 14 March 1964 Richard Feynman, one of the greatest scientific thinkers of the 20th Century, delivered a lecture entitled ‘The Motion of the Planets Around the Sun‘. The talk covered Johannes Kepler’s first law of planetary motion in a way no other lecture has done. For thirty years this remarkable lecture was believed to […]
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The orbital dynamics used in successful space missions, the Global Positioning System, and other modern applications owe their existence to Kepler’s discovery. Similar successes in mathematical modelling today may reveal hidden connections between fundamental forces such as gravity and electromagnetism (even anti-gravity or warp drives might result), reproduce useful aspects of human intelligence on computers, […]
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Watch in awe as Kepler is interviewed by Hillary Clinton and others! Enjoy the costume donned by one such Johannes Kepler and the footage and animations created by these fledgling scientists around the world.
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Imagine what Kepler himself would have thought about the excitement and knowledge he and Pythagoras inspired regarding the cosmic music created by the moving bodies in the solar system and beyond. Have you ever wondered what the sounds of the stars would sound like – if only there was a medium for sound to travel […]
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The Kepler Story is the first theatre piece ever created about the game-changing astronomical discoveries, the losses suffered, obstacles encountered, and the moving epiphanies of this almost-forgotten scientific genius of the modern world. Immersive theatre, which takes place in planetariums and other fulldome and 3D environments, creates an extraordinarily transformative effect on both the minds […]
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Watch how Kepler, “the wandering astronomer” overcomes illness, persecution and a range of personal tragedies in order to uncover the first universal laws built purely with mathematics to describe the motions of the planets – paving the way for Newton, Einstien and whoever comes next to uncover the deepest mysteries of the cosmos. The Mechanical […]
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Pythagoras to Plato, Philolaus, Cicero, Ptolemy, Boethius, Robert Fludd and many other scholars used different metaphysical or aesthetic arguments to associate to each celestial body a pitch, according to the best musical theory of his time. However, it was Kepler, who proceeded on a firm logical and quantitative basis, by means of his Third Planetary […]
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The ultimate multimedia journey through the Harmonies of the World BOOK V. Based on texts by Kepler (1619) The Harmony of the World. Trad. Aiton, Duncan, Field. Philadelphia: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Vol 209 1997.
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Kepler is one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived. In 1615, when Kepler was at the height of his career, his mother Katharina was accused of witchcraft in a Lutheran town in Germany (in-part due to Kepler himself claiming her to be a witch in his book the Somnium). The proceedings led to […]
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So planets travel around the Sun in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus - Ok, a line from the planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times, Gotcha and the square of a planet's period in years and its distance cubed are proportional. Okey Dokey! But what does it all mean?
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Kepler put our feet on the road to modern astronomy. But ask yourself: Why were the planets spaced as they were in order of distance from the Sun? Had God arranged the Universe in accordance with the perfect precepts of geometry? And could we discover a true cosmic harmony designed by the almighty for us, and others to discover?
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For years, scientists have tracked charged particles as they zoom through the cosmos, using deep space probes to measure the particles’ paths and mapping algorithms to translate the data into musical scores. Now a team of space-music buffs have premiered a new composition to celebrate one of NASA’s most ambitious missions using measurements from mankind’s […]
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In this 4 part audio series about the discovery and nature of Mars’ orbit by Dr. Todd Young. In the concluding episode we hear about how Johannes Kepler’s contribution to the motion of Mars arguably sparked the origin of modern astronomy and science. Listen to all 4 episodes – The Motion of Mars The first […]
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In 1611, Kepler proposed that the closest sphere packing has a maximum density of pi/(3sqrt(2)) approx 74%), this became known as Kepler conjecture. Sure Buckminster Fuller (1975) claimed to have a proof, but...
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The early 17th century was a tumultuous time for scientists in Europe. Explore the process that Johannes Kepler undertook when he formulated his three laws of planetary motion. Kepler’s laws were crucial in the understanding of our solar system dynamics. This video presents the story of Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe, who worked together at […]
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"Welcome Freindly Web browsers! Keplers Mind as seen through his Harmony of the World is here and ready to be rediscovered by the members of all future generations!" - The Animated Harmonices Mundi Website
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"Johannes Kepler lived between the death of Nicholas Copernicus in 1543 and the birth of
Isaac Newton in 1642." States John Wilson of Georgia State University in the opening of his biography of the genius mathematician and astronomer.
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In his treatise on optics of 1604 Johannes Kepler contrived a new pictorial language that transcended the inherent dichotomy between universal forms and concrete appearances. Read the book by Raz D. Chen-Morris.
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In this review of Johannes Kepler's Book Somnium - also known as "The Dream" or Kepler's posthumous work on lunar astronomy, Samman Fattning describes the background to the book, its context and its main themes.
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See a full range of portraits of the great Johannes Kepler. This collection of Kepler images has been gathered from a range of sources around the web and includes many likeness to the great German mathematician and astronomer...
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Listen to BBC Radio 4 ‘in our time’ broadcaster Melvyn Bragg discuss the German astronomer Johannes Kepler with David Wootton (Professor of History at the University of York), Ulinka Rublack (Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John’s College) and Adam Mosley (Associate Professor in the Department […]
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Watch a selection of video clips about Johannes Kepler's laws of planetary motion. From animated journeys through the new astronomy of maths and celestial physics to serious Havard lectures. Leave comments or suggest your own favorites and more...
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See a full range of portraits of the great Johannes Kepler. This collection of Kepler images has been gathered from a range of sources around the web and includes many likeness to the great German mathematician and astronomer...
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Find out what connects Kepler’s solids with hedgehogs, discover what some people think Kepler can bring to the world over 400 years after his death and find out about Kepler’s namesake, the name-pinching so-called Kepler Mission – that NASA’s mission to uncover other habitable planets in the Universe. That’s right, here are a collection of […]
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Cast your vote and see the latest poll results! Take part in a Kepler poll regarding Kepler's guilt or innocence of murdering Tycho Brahe, vote for your fave Kepler video uploaded to Youtube or which Planetary Law seems the most profound!
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Learn about Johannes Kepler's life and how he changed the way we see the Universe in Video Clips from Carl Sagan's TV series, "Cosmos". Sit back and watch Kepler's life from the cradle to the grave...
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Browse a range of Jigsaws, Prints and Books about Johan Kepler from Amazon's huge collection of products, or contact JohannesKepler.Info to advertise your science, math and astronomy related products and services.
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Join Mr Clintsberg from StudyPhysics.ca and a bunch of schoolies that are getting to grips with Kepler's 3 laws of planetary motion.
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Visit Jo Kepler's private lab (in the heavens) where SHE describes that it was her 3 laws of planetary motion that inspired Sir Isacc Newton's Laws of Gravitation. And more...
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See a full range of portraits of the great Johannes Kepler. This collection of Kepler images has been gathered from a range of sources around the web and includes many likeness to the great German mathematician and astronomer...
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Download a free copy of the first ever work of science fiction! In Kepler's Somnium (the dream), an employee of Tycho Brahe takes a journey to the moon with the help of his bewitched mother in order to study the lunar environment and its inhabitants.
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Get Kepler's thought (or link) of the day as soon as it appears on the web. From an early personification of modern science to Dead Sagan and ignorant Astronomers and The Real History Of Gravity...
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The main purpose of this recording is to present Kepler's Harmony of the World for a period of several centuries, beginning with his birth date, 27 December 1571.
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Hear a middle school student, Thomas Covington, interview a Johannes Kepler about his early years and his schooling in Weil der Stadt. New Kepler also discusses the current astronomical beliefs of 1590 and 1605 for the Year of Astronomy website.
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Browse the latest images posted by people all over the world on flickr tagged Johannes Kepler. Including RSS feeds of Kepler illustrations, Kepler Monuments, Kepler Portraits and images of the first Astrophysicist's master works..
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"I commence a sacred discourse, a most true hymn to God the Founder, and I judge it to be piety, not to sacrifice many hecatombs of bulls to Him......and to burn incense of innumerable perfumes and cassia, but first to learn myself, and afterwards to teach others too...
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In 1611, Kepler proposed that the closest sphere packing has a maximum density of pi/(3sqrt(2)) approx 74%). This assertion is known as the Kepler conjecture Listen to Simon Singh describe it in this BBC Radio 4 program.
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View a huge collection of Kepler related images from around the web in the Johannes Kepler Info image Gallery. From Kepler's own Illustrations to Kepler Portraits and Kepler Coins, Kepler Stamps and even Kepler Tattoos!
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Kepler wanted to know how the Solar System works, not just to describe it with mathematical formulas. In Part III of The New Astronomy he searched for and identified the physical causes of planetary motion, illustrated in Keplers Discovery
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Watch videos and listen to music inspired by Jo Kepler and his life and works, from Phillip Glass's "Kepler" opera to ambient harmonies, classical and pop music created as a homage to the great astronomer.
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Johannes Kepler's stance on science and religion and church and math is illustrated here with a variety of quotes from the genius mathematician and astronomer.
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In 1601 Johannes Kepler became the imperial mathematician to Rudolf II (emperor of the Holy Roman Empire), succeeding Tycho Brahe. Kepler supported the heliocentric theory by Nicolas Copernicus, defending it in his first major work, Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596).
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Browse or buy books written by 16th century Astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler. From Kepler's own words of his "thinking God's thoughts" whilst discoverering the laws of planetary motion and the Genius mathematician's own words on his religious beliefs.
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Johannes Kepler was born in Weil der Stadt in southwest Germany. His paternal grandfather, Sebald Kepler, was a respected craftsman who served as mayor of the city; his grandfather was an innkeeper and mayor of the nearby village.
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From halting his work of discovering the first universal laws in order to save his mother from being executed as a witch, to having zero students in his class. See a range of Kepler facts
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Johannes Kepler's life and work has prompted lots of interest from not only the fields of mathematics and science but also of theology and faith. See a range quotes about Kepler by a variety of people throughout the ages.
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As well as formulating the first Universal Laws and correctly describing the universe in terms of science and math - Polymath Johnan Kepler knocked up a huge list of firsts in a range of fields. Take a look...
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Browse or buy a selection of books written about Kepler's difficult life, and his ground-breaking theories and laws.From accusations of murder to biographies describing the Kepler as the ultimate polymath of all time..
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Johannes Kepler 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 and his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and the Somnium..
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First to write a work of science fiction Share List
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Kepler was a brilliant thinker and a lucid writer, but he was a disaster as a classroom teacher. He mumbled. He digressed. He was at times utterly incomprehensible. He drew only a handful of students his first year at Graz; the next year there were none – Carl Sagan Share List
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A law explains a set of observations; a theory explains a set of laws. The quintessential illustration of this jump in level is the way in which Newton’s theory of mechanics explained Kepler’s law of planetary motion – John L Casti Share List
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It is important that in Kepler’s view the anima terrae is responsible for the weather and also for meteoric phenomena. Too much rain, for instance, is an illness of the earth – Wolfgang Pauli Share List
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Among the great men who have philosophized about the tides, the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He was a person of independent genius – Galileo Galilei Share List
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One wonders how many modern scientists faced by a similar situation in their work would fail to be impressed by such remarkable numerical coincidences – Fred Hoyle Share List
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Kepler was visited by a revelation that was to alter radically the future of astronomy – Carl Sagan Share List
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Kepler became interested in the action of the moon on the water, and in other occult phenomena, and similar childishness – Galileo Galilei Share List
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One of the first modern astronomers and last scientific astrologers – Carl Sagan Share List
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Fiercely competitive and prone to a certain amount of quarrelsomeness and violence – Albert Koestler Share List
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The first astrophysicist and the last scientific astrologer – Carl Sagan Share List
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the astrologer who killed astrology – Owen Gingerich Share List
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See the latest tweets by Johannes Kepler Info, including retweets about our hero astronomer, physicist and astronomer - including retweets and mentions of Kepler related social shares.
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First to coin the common word “Satellite” Share List
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First to suggest that the Sun rotates about its axis Share List
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First to derive the birth year of Christ, which is now universally accepted Share List
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First to explain that all bodies to come together, with a force proportionate to their mass Share List
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First to correctly explain the first “natural laws”, which are universal, verifiable and precise Share List
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First to realize that the darkness of the night sky directly conflicts with the idea of an infinite universe filled with stars Share List
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First to formulate eyeglass designing for nearsightedness and farsightedness Share List
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First to describe: real, virtual, upright and inverted images and magnification Share List
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First to discover and describe the properties of total internal reflection Share List
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First to explain the process of vision by refraction within the eye Share List
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Kepler’s mother was a drug dealer, he spent the later years of his life defending his mother against charges of witchcraft which he had seeded with his “fictional” book the Somnium. Share List
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Kepler got kicked out of Austria for failing to convert to Roman Catholicism. This gave him the chance to get a job with Tyco Brahe in Prague. Share List
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Kepler was a terrible teacher, not a single student wanted to take his classes, but he continued providing lessons for a whole year with no students present. Share List
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Kepler was born into the lowest social class of Germany in 1571. Kepler was a sickly child, being extremely nearsighted, having skin problems and nearly dying of Smallpox when he was just four years old. Share List
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Kepler’s extreme fear of taking a bath. It was his first wife who finally forced him into taking one, in 1605, 8 years into their marriage; Kepler thought it a very unpleasant experience. Share List
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Kepler’s health problems made his calculations more difficult, as most were made while he was standing up, as he suffered from a severe case of hemorrhoids. Share List
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When it finally became clear that the church was wrong, Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileos’ works were all removed from the church’s “Index of Forbidden Books. Share List
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Kepler spent two years “evaluating” eleven potential brides before eventually choosing one after his first wife had sadly died of cholera in 1611. Share List
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First to fully address the cause of celestial motion, rather than the mere mathematical description of it Share List
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First to measure the distance to the stars using stellar parallax caused by the Earth’s orbit Share List
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First to explain the use of both eyes for depth perception Share List
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First to name and investigate the formation of pictures with a pin hole camera Share List
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First to explain that the tides are caused by the Moon Share List
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First to explain the principles of how a telescope works Share List
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First to derive logarithms purely based on mathematics Share List
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