Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler (27 December, 1571 – 15 November, 1630), a kenspeckle chiel in the scientific revolution, wis a German astronomer, mathematician an astrologer. He is best kent for his laws o planetary motion, pit furth in the twa beuks Astronomia nova an Harmonices Mundi.

Johannes Kepler
Portrait of Kepler by an unknown artist, 1610
Born	December 27, 1571 Free Imperial Ceety o Weil der Stadt, Haly Roman Empire
Dee'd	15 November 1630(1630-11-15) (aged 58) Free Imperial Ceety o Regensburg, Haly Roman Empire
Residence	Württemberg; Styrie; Bohemie; Upper Austrick
Naitionality	German
Alma mater	Tübinger Stift, Varsity o Tübingen
Kent for	Kepler's laws o planetar motion Kepler conjectur Rudolphine Tables
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy, astrology, mathematics an naitural filosofie
Doctoral advisor	Michael Maestlin
Influences	Nicolaus Copernicus Tycho Brahe
Influenced	Sir Isaac Newton
Signatur

Kepler wis a professor o mathematics at the Varsity o Graz, court mathemateician ti Emperor Rudolf II, an coort astrologer ti General Wallenstein. Aerlie in his career, Kepler wis an asseistant ti Tycho Brahe. Kepler's career wis at the same time as Galileo Galilei's ane, an thay correspondit.

He is whiles cried "the faremaist theoretical astropheesicist", atho Carl Sagan cried him the hindmaist scienteific astrologer forbye.

Fremmit airtins

• Annotation: Posner Family Collection in Electronic Format Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine Harmonices mvndi The Harmony of the Worlds in fulltext facsimile in Latin
• Full text o Kepler Archived 2004-10-09 at the Wayback Machine bi Walter W. Bryant, frae Project Gutenberg
• Kepler and the "Music of the Spheres"
• Johannes Kepler Directory Archived 2005-09-12 at the Wayback Machine