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Author Martens, Rhonda, 1964- author.

Title Kepler's philosophy and the new astronomy / Rhonda Martens
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Kepler's Life and Times; 2. The Mysterium cosmographicum and Kepler's Early Approach to Natural Philosophy; 3. Kepler's Apologia: An Early Modern Treatise on Realism; 4. Kepler's Archetypes and the Astronomia nova; 5. The Aristotelian Kepler
Summary Johannes Kepler contributed importantly to every field he addressed. He changed the face of astronomy by abandoning principles that had been in place for two millennia, made important discoveries in optics and mathematics, and was an uncommonly good philosopher. Generally, however, Kepler's philosophical ideas have been dismissed as irrelevant and even detrimental to his legacy of scientific accomplishment. Here, Rhonda Martens offers the first extended study of Kepler's philosophical views and shows how those views helped him construct and justify the new astronomy. Martens notes that since Ke
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-197) and index
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Subject Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
SUBJECT Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 fast
Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630. larpcal
Kepler, Johannes, (1571-1630) ram
Kepler, Johannes. swd
Subject Kepler's laws.
Astronomy.
Astronomy
astronomy.
SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
Astronomy
Kepler's laws
Sterrenkunde.
ASTRONOMIA.
Astronomie de la Renaissance.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400831098
1400831091