Johannes Kepler (1571–1630)
Auteur de Harmonies of the World
A propos de l'auteur
Born in Wurttemburg, Germany, Johannes Kepler was the son of a soldier of fortune who eventually deserted his family. Kepler is widely known for his three laws of planetary motion. Kepler began to think about astronomy and planetary motion as a schoolteacher in Graz, Austria and published his first afficher plus work, Mysterium Cosmographicum, in 1596. He became an apprentice to Tcho Brahe, whose collection of astronomical observations was the best of its kind. Kepler's work on Mars, in which he tried to fit a theory to the observations, led to his discovery that planetary motion is elliptical rather than circular. Kepler's life was somewhat chaotic as a result of the repeated harassment of Protestant teachers in predominantly Catholic Austria. Some of his ideas about cosmic harmonies, such as the theory that the spacing of planetary orbits is related to the five regular polyhedrons, were incorrect. Yet his basic approach of seeking a broad sense of order and harmony in the world led to the discovery of mathematical regularities involved in planetary motion, and ultimately, to the elegance of Sir Isaac Newton's laws of motion. Kepler's Somnium, a fictional account of a voyage to the moon, is cited by historians of rocketry as an early work of science fiction that might have stimulated interest in space travel. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Johannes Kepler
Epitome of Copernican Astronomy & Harmonies of the World (Great Minds Series) (1995) 109 exemplaires
La gaceta sideral / The Gazette Sidereal: Conversacion Con El Mensajero Sideral / Conversation With The Sidereal… (1610) 12 exemplaires
Ad Vitellionem paralipomena : quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur : potissimùm de artificiosa obseruatione et… (2011) 3 exemplaires
Prodromus Dissertationum Cosmographicarum, Continens Mysterium Cosmographicum De Admirabili Proportione Orbium… (2018) 2 exemplaires
Astronomia Nova Aitiologetos: De Motibus Stellae Martis 2 exemplaires
Über die zuverlässigeren Grundlagen der Astrologie (De fundamentis astrologiae certioribus) (1975) 2 exemplaires
Johannes Kepler 2 exemplaires
Kepler's Conversation with Galileo's Sidereal messenger 2 exemplaires
Prodromus dissertationum cosmographicarum : continens Mysterium cosmographicum, De admirabili proportione orbium… 1 exemplaire
OS HOMENS QUE MUDARAM A HUMANIDADE 1 exemplaire
Johannes Kepler Gesammelte Werke, Band XXII: Generalregister, Handschriftkatalog, Chronologisches Register zu Band XIX,… (2017) 1 exemplaire
Gesammelte Werke: Band XI,2: Calendaria et Prognostica; Astronomica Minora; Somnium (1993) 1 exemplaire
Briefe 1612-1620 1 exemplaire
Ad vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur; potissimum de artificiosa observatione et… 1 exemplaire
Harmonies of the World 1 exemplaire
Briefe 1607-1611 1 exemplaire
De cometis libelli tres : I. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum, ubi demonstratio apparentiarum &… 1 exemplaire
Joannis Kepleri ... Dissertatio cum Nuncio sidereo nuper ad mortales misso a Galilaeo Galilaeo 1 exemplaire
Ioannis Kepleri ... Narratio de obseruatis a se quatuor Iouis satellitibus erronibus, quos Galilaeus Galilaeus… 1 exemplaire
Tychonis Brahei ... Hyperaspistes aduersus Scipionis Claramontii ... Anti-Tychonem, in aciem productus à Ioanne… 1 exemplaire
Johannes Kepler: life and letters 1 exemplaire
Joannis Kepleri ... Dioptrice, seu Demonstratio eorum quae visui et visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem… 1 exemplaire
Briefe 1620-1630 1 exemplaire
Joannis Keppleri Mathematici Eclogae Chronicae : Ex Epistolis Doctissimorvm aliquot Virorum, & Suis mutuis, quibus… 1 exemplaire
Nova Stereometria Dolorium Vinariorum/ New Solid Geometry of Wine Barrels: Suivi De Accessit Stereometriae Archimedeae… (2018) 1 exemplaire
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia 1 exemplaire
Briefe 1590-1599 1 exemplaire
Kleinere Schriften: 1602/1611; Dioptrice 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
On the Shoulders of Giants; The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy (2002) — Contributeur — 1,195 exemplaires
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- Nom canonique
- Kepler, Johannes
- Autres noms
- KEPLER, Johannes
- Date de naissance
- 1571-12-27
- Date de décès
- 1630-11-15
- Lieu de sépulture
- Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany (site destroyed by army of Gustavus Adolphus)
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Germany
- Lieu de naissance
- Weil der Stadt, Germany
- Lieu du décès
- Regensburg, Germany
- Lieux de résidence
- Graz, Austria
Linz, Austria
Weil der Stadt, Baden-Wurttemberg
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Prague, Czech Republic (then Bohemia) - Études
- University of Tubingen
- Professions
- assistant to Tycho Brahe
court mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II
mathematician
astronomer
astrologer
professor (tout afficher 7)
teacher - Relations
- Brahe, Tycho (boss)
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- Œuvres
- 61
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- 8
- Membres
- 584
- Popularité
- #42,938
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 9
- ISBN
- 87
- Langues
- 8
- Favoris
- 3