Johannes Kepler (1571–1630)
Autor(a) de Harmonies of the World
About the Author
Born in Wurttemburg, Germany, Johannes Kepler was the son of a soldier of fortune who eventually deserted his family. Kepler is widely known for his three laws of planetary motion. Kepler began to think about astronomy and planetary motion as a schoolteacher in Graz, Austria and published his first mostrar mais work, Mysterium Cosmographicum, in 1596. He became an apprentice to Tcho Brahe, whose collection of astronomical observations was the best of its kind. Kepler's work on Mars, in which he tried to fit a theory to the observations, led to his discovery that planetary motion is elliptical rather than circular. Kepler's life was somewhat chaotic as a result of the repeated harassment of Protestant teachers in predominantly Catholic Austria. Some of his ideas about cosmic harmonies, such as the theory that the spacing of planetary orbits is related to the five regular polyhedrons, were incorrect. Yet his basic approach of seeking a broad sense of order and harmony in the world led to the discovery of mathematical regularities involved in planetary motion, and ultimately, to the elegance of Sir Isaac Newton's laws of motion. Kepler's Somnium, a fictional account of a voyage to the moon, is cited by historians of rocketry as an early work of science fiction that might have stimulated interest in space travel. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Johannes Kepler
La gaceta sideral / The Gazette Sidereal: Conversacion Con El Mensajero Sideral / Conversation With The Sidereal… (1610) 12 cópias
Ad Vitellionem paralipomena : quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur : potissimùm de artificiosa obseruatione et… (2011) 3 cópias
Prodromus Dissertationum Cosmographicarum, Continens Mysterium Cosmographicum De Admirabili Proportione Orbium… (2018) 2 cópias
Über die zuverlässigeren Grundlagen der Astrologie (De fundamentis astrologiae certioribus) (1975) 2 cópias
Johannes Kepler 2 cópias
Prodromus dissertationum cosmographicarum : continens Mysterium cosmographicum, De admirabili proportione orbium… 1 exemplar(es)
OS HOMENS QUE MUDARAM A HUMANIDADE 1 exemplar(es)
Johannes Kepler Gesammelte Werke, Band XXII: Generalregister, Handschriftkatalog, Chronologisches Register zu Band XIX,… (2017) 1 exemplar(es)
Gesammelte Werke: Band XI,2: Calendaria et Prognostica; Astronomica Minora; Somnium (1993) 1 exemplar(es)
Briefe 1612-1620 1 exemplar(es)
Ad vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur; potissimum de artificiosa observatione et… 1 exemplar(es)
Harmonies of the World 1 exemplar(es)
Briefe 1607-1611 1 exemplar(es)
De cometis libelli tres : I. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum, ubi demonstratio apparentiarum &… 1 exemplar(es)
Joannis Kepleri ... Dissertatio cum Nuncio sidereo nuper ad mortales misso a Galilaeo Galilaeo 1 exemplar(es)
Ioannis Kepleri ... Narratio de obseruatis a se quatuor Iouis satellitibus erronibus, quos Galilaeus Galilaeus… 1 exemplar(es)
Tychonis Brahei ... Hyperaspistes aduersus Scipionis Claramontii ... Anti-Tychonem, in aciem productus à Ioanne… 1 exemplar(es)
Johannes Kepler: life and letters 1 exemplar(es)
Astronomia nova aitiologetos, seu Physica coelestis : tradita Commentariis de motibus stellae Martis ex observationibus… 1 exemplar(es)
Joannis Kepleri ... Dioptrice, seu Demonstratio eorum quae visui et visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem… 1 exemplar(es)
Briefe 1620-1630 1 exemplar(es)
Joannis Keppleri Mathematici Eclogae Chronicae : Ex Epistolis Doctissimorvm aliquot Virorum, & Suis mutuis, quibus… 1 exemplar(es)
Nova Stereometria Dolorium Vinariorum/ New Solid Geometry of Wine Barrels: Suivi De Accessit Stereometriae Archimedeae… (2018) 1 exemplar(es)
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia 1 exemplar(es)
Briefe 1590-1599 1 exemplar(es)
Kleinere Schriften: 1602/1611; Dioptrice 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy (2002) — Contribuinte — 1,194 cópias
Utópicos, pioneros y lunáticos : relatos de viajes a la luna antes de Julio Verne (2023) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar(es)
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Kepler, Johannes
- Outros nomes
- KEPLER, Johannes
- Data de nascimento
- 1571-12-27
- Data de falecimento
- 1630-11-15
- Local de enterro
- Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany (site destroyed by army of Gustavus Adolphus)
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Germany
- Local de nascimento
- Weil der Stadt, Germany
- Local de falecimento
- Regensburg, Germany
- Locais de residência
- Graz, Austria
Linz, Austria
Weil der Stadt, Baden-Wurttemberg
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Prague, Czech Republic (then Bohemia) - Educação
- University of Tubingen
- Ocupação
- assistant to Tycho Brahe
court mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II
mathematician
astronomer
astrologer
professor (mostrar todas 7)
teacher - Relacionamentos
- Brahe, Tycho (boss)
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- Popularidade
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- Resenhas
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- ISBNs
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- Idiomas
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