Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 359 pages) |
Contents |
Cover ; The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother ; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents ; Timeline of Key Dates in Johannes Keplerś Life and Major Publications, 1571-1620; Graz; Prague; Linz; Note on Dates; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Prologue ; Introduction ; 1: Katharina's Life; 2: A Lutheran Court; 3: The Year of the Witches; 4: Kepler's Strategies; 5: A Family Responds; 6: Movements of the Soul; 7: The Trial Continues; 8: Other Witches; 9: Katharina's Imprisonment; 10: Kepler's Return; 11: The Defence; 12: The Trial Ends; 13: Kepler's Dream |
Summary |
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicuśs sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. 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. The proceedings led to a criminal trial that lasted six years, with Kepler conducting his mother's defence. In The Astronomer and the Witch, Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one which takes us to the heart of his changing world. First and foremost an intense family drama, the story brings to life the world of a small Lutheran community in the centre of Europe at a time of deep religious and political turmoil - a century after the Reformation, and on the threshold of the Thirty Years' War. Kepler's defence of his mother also offers us a fascinating glimpse into the great astronomer's world view, on the cusp between Reformation and scientific revolution |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 5, 2015) |
Subject |
Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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SUBJECT |
Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 fast |
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Trials (Witchcraft) -- Germany -- 17th century
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Witchcraft -- Germany -- History -- 17th century
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Astronomers -- Germany -- Biography
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General.
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Astronomers
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Trials (Witchcraft)
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Witchcraft
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Astronomer.
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Häxprocesser.
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Rättegångar.
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Historia.
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Germany
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191056444 |
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0191056448 |
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