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Johannes Kepler and the new astronomy [electronic resource] / James R. Voelkel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford portraits in sciencePublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c1999.Description: 141 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1423774051 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 520/.92 B 22
LOC classification:
  • QB36.K4 V64 1999eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The comet -- Sidebar: Copernicus's Model of Retrograde Motion -- The secret of the universe -- Sidebar: Platonic solids -- The new astronomy -- Sidebar: Uraniborg Observatory -- Sidebar: Kepler's first two laws -- The harmony of the world -- Sidebar: Kepler's third law -- Witch trial -- The dream -- Epilogue.
Summary: A biography of the German astronomer who discovered three laws of planetary motion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.

The comet -- Sidebar: Copernicus's Model of Retrograde Motion -- The secret of the universe -- Sidebar: Platonic solids -- The new astronomy -- Sidebar: Uraniborg Observatory -- Sidebar: Kepler's first two laws -- The harmony of the world -- Sidebar: Kepler's third law -- Witch trial -- The dream -- Epilogue.

A biography of the German astronomer who discovered three laws of planetary motion.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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