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A SCIENTIST AS IMPORTANT AS COPERNICUS, GALILEO, AND NEWTON
Carl Sagan described Johannes Kepler as “the first astrophysicist and the last scientific astrologer.” Indeed, Kepler was responsible for a number of “firsts”: he was the first to suggest that the planets were controlled by a physical force emanating from the Sun and to discover the laws governing their motion. In optics, he was the first to explain why corrective lenses improved vision.
In this lively and informative biography of an important though sometimes overlooked astronomer of the seventeenth century, David K. Love clearly explains for the lay reader the importance of Kepler’s discoveries for our modern scientific understanding.
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Review
“Kepler’s story is a fascinating one, and this is an accessible and well-written guide to the man and his science. Highly recommended.”
CHRIS LINTOTT, Professor of astrophysics, University of Oxford, and presenter of the BBC’s The Sky at Night
WILLIAM H. DONAHUE, Director of laboratories, St. John’s College, and translator of Kepler’s Astronomia Nova and Optics “It would be difficult to find as authoritative a book on Kepler as this, and it is one I highly recommend.”
IAN MORISON, Emeritus professor of astronomy, Gresham College “This book will fill a gap between two extremes: academic and specialist studies on Kepler, and popular biographical novels.”
WOLFGANG SCHÜTZ, Member of the Kepler Society, Weil der Stadt