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Kepler and the Universe : How One Man Revolutionized Astronomy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Globe Pequot Press, The, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781633881075
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kepler and the UniverseDDC classification:
  • 520.92 B
LOC classification:
  • QB36.K4L68 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- Introduction: ASTRONOMY BEFORE KEPLER -- 1. KEPLER'S EARLY LIFE -- 2. GRAZ (1594-1600)-THE MYSTERY OF THE UNIVERSE -- 3. KEPLER AND TYCHO -- 4. PRAGUE (1600-1612)-THE NEW ASTRONOMY -- 5. PRAGUE-MANY NEW THINGS -- 6. 1610-THE YEAR OF THE TELESCOPE -- 7. LINZ (1612-1626)-THE HARMONY OF THE UNIVERSE -- 8. THE FINAL YEARS (1626-1630)-THE RUDOLPHINE TABLES -- 9. EPILOGUE-THE REAL UNIVERSE -- Appendix: SUMMARY OF KEPLER'S TRAVELS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE ON THE SPELLING OF "RUDOLPH -- ABOUT THE SOURCES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- Introduction: ASTRONOMY BEFORE KEPLER -- 1. KEPLER'S EARLY LIFE -- 2. GRAZ (1594-1600)-THE MYSTERY OF THE UNIVERSE -- 3. KEPLER AND TYCHO -- 4. PRAGUE (1600-1612)-THE NEW ASTRONOMY -- 5. PRAGUE-MANY NEW THINGS -- 6. 1610-THE YEAR OF THE TELESCOPE -- 7. LINZ (1612-1626)-THE HARMONY OF THE UNIVERSE -- 8. THE FINAL YEARS (1626-1630)-THE RUDOLPHINE TABLES -- 9. EPILOGUE-THE REAL UNIVERSE -- Appendix: SUMMARY OF KEPLER'S TRAVELS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE ON THE SPELLING OF "RUDOLPH -- ABOUT THE SOURCES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

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