The brilliant German mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), one of
the founders of modern astronomy, revolutionized the Copernican
heliocentric theory of the universe with his three laws of motion:
that the planets move not in circular but elliptical orbits, that
their speed is greatest when nearest the sun, and that the sun and
planets form an integrated system. This volume contains two of his
most important works: The Epitome of Copernican Astronomy (books 4 and
5 of which are translated here) is a textbook of Copernican science,
remarkable for the prominence given to physical astronomy and for the
extension to the Jovian system of the laws recently discovered to
regulate the motions of the Planets. Harmonies of the World (book 5 of
which is translated here) expounds an elaborate system of celestial
harmonies depending on the varying velocities of the planets.
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ISBN
9781615921973
Publisert
2024
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Prometheus
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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