The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother by Ulinka Rublack

The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother

Ulinka Rublack

391 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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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 Copernicus´s sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined th...

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