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He is a key figure in the 17thcentury scientific revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books astronomia nova, harmonices mundi, and epitome astronomiae copernicanae. An astronomers discovery of cosmic order amid religious war, political intrigue, and the heresy trial of his mother and silent fire. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when kepler was at the height of his career, his widowed mother katharina was accused of witchcraft. Also seen translated as i wanted to become a theologian.
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His grandfather had been mayor of the town but the kepler family fortunes were in decline. 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. Johannes kepler johannes kepler keplers social world. Johannes kepler december 27, 1571 november 15, 1630 was a german mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution.
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