ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Johannes Kepler
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German mathematician and astronomer best known nowadays for Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion.
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Nationality
German
History
- Born: 27 Dec 1571, Weil der Stadt, Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)
- Died: 15 Nov 1630, Regensburg (now in Germany)
Theorems
Books and Papers
- 1596: Mysterium Cosmographicum (The Sacred Mystery of the Cosmos)
- 1601: De Fundamentis Astrologiae Certioribus (Concerning the More Certain Fundamentals of Astrology)
- 1604: Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy)
- 1604: De Stella Nova in Pede Serpentarii (On the New Star in Ophiuchus's Foot)
- 1609: Astronomia Nova Aitilogetos (New Astronomy Based on Causes)
- 1610: Tertius Interveniens (Third-party Interventions)
- 1610: Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo (Conversation with the Starry Messenger)
- 1611: Dioptrice
- 1611: De Nive Sexangula (On the Six-Cornered Snowflake)
- 1613: De Vero Anno, quo Aeternus Dei Filius Humanam Naturam in Utero Benedictae Virginis Mariae Assumpsit
- 1615: Eclogae Chronicae (published with Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo)
- 1615: Nova Stereometria Doliorum Vinariorum (New Stereometry of Wine Barrels)
- 1618-1621: Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae (Epitome of Copernican Astronomy) (three parts)
- 1619: Harmonices Mundi (Harmonies of the Worlds)
- 1621: Mysterium Cosmographicum (The Sacred Mystery of the Cosmos) (2nd Edition)
- 1627: Tabulae Rudolphinae (Rudolphine Tables)
- 1634: Somnium (The Dream)
Also see
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Johannes Kepler": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems (1992), Chapter $\text {A}.10$
