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Author Love, David, 1950- author.

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

Publication Info. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1656246~S1
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 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO KEPLER    AVAILABLE
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Description 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Note Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index.
Contents Introduction : astronomy before Kepler -- Kepler's early life -- Graz (1594-1600), the mystery of the universe -- Kepler and Tycho -- 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.
Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601.
Astronomers -- Germany -- Biography.
Astronomy -- History -- 16th century.
Astronomy -- History -- 17th century.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9781633881068 (hardcover)
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