Title Kepler and the universe : how one man revolutionized astronomy / by David K. Love.

Publication Info.

Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	B KEPLER, JOHANNES	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction	520.92 LOV	Check Shelf

Description	253 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note	Illustrations on endpapers.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : astronomy before Kepler -- Kepler's early life -- Graz (1594-1600), the secret of the universe -- Tycho and Kepler -- Prague (1600-1612), the new astronomy -- Prague, many new things -- 1610, the year of the telescope -- Linz (1612-1626), the harmony of the universe -- The final years (1626-1630), the Rudolphine tables -- Epilogue, the real universe -- Appendix : summary of kepler's travels.
Subject	Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
	Astronomers -- Germany -- Biography.
	Astronomy -- History -- 16th century.
	Astronomy -- History -- 17th century.
	Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601.
	Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601. (OCoLC)fst00014906
	Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630. (OCoLC)fst00015428
	Astronomers. (OCoLC)fst00819629
	Astronomy. (OCoLC)fst00819673
	Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Chronological Term	1500 - 1699
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Biographies.
ISBN	9781633881068 (hardcover)
	1633881067 (hardcover)
	9781633881075 (e-book)
	1633881075 (e-book)

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