books by Johannes Kepler (copernican astronomia shoulders)

books by Johannes Kepler

books:

The Harmony of the World (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) (Memoirs of the American ...

2 reviews
Johannes Kepler, E. J. Aiton, ...

American Philosophical Society, 1997

Kepler vs. Aristotle
This book is a thorough going treatment of the subject of Harmony. It contradicts Aristotle, who held science back for centuries because of his witting fraud upon the discoveries of Pythagoras, Thales, et al. Aristotle misrepresented the ideas concerning Music, Harmonics, Geometry as well as Astronomy, which Plato described in the Epinomis to be the fount of all knowledge. In this volume, Kepler ...

Epitome of Copernican Astronomy & Harmonies of the World (Great Minds Series)

3 reviews
Johannes Kepler

Prometheus Books, 1995

A small sample..
This is a republication of an old translation. If you haven't read Kepler's own words, then this book will be both more and less than you expected. It is both a mathematical and philosophically speculative text, which in some sections can get quite technical.(Warning: the title is a bit deceiving. Only part of the Epitome is included.) I would only give 3 stars to this book, except that english ...

Selections from Kepler's Astronomia Nova

3 reviews
Johannes Kepler

Green Lion Press, 2004

Wonderful
"My aim in the present work is chiefly to reform astronomical theory ... so that what we compute from the tables may correspond to the celestial phenomena. ... Meanwhile, although I place this goal first and pursue it cheerfully, I also ... inquire into celestial physics and the natural causes of the motions. ... Indeed, all things are so interconnected, involved, and intertwined with one another ...

The Secret of the Universe (Janus Series)
Johannes Kepler

Abaris Books, 1979

Dual language edition (original Latin as originally printed verso facing authoritative English translation of same page recto). Translated by A.M. Duncan. Introduction and commentary by E.J. Aiton. Preface by I. Bernard Cohen Part of the Janus Series

Harmonies Of The World (On the Shoulders of Giants)

1 review
Johannes Kepler, Stephen Hawking

Running Press, 2005

historically important
For students of history, here is a reprint of one of Kepler's works. Centuries old. But noteworthy because before Newton came on the scene, Kepler's work was one of the high water marks of astronomy. Plus, the material in the book was useful to Newton, when he would apply his equations to explaining various of Kepler's observations. Plus, another attraction of this book is the introduction by ...

Kepler's Dream: With the Full Text and Notes of Somnium, Sive Astronomia Lunaris, Joannis Kepleri

1 review
Johannes Kepler, John Lear

University of California Press, 1965

Imagine you could travel to the Moon... circa 1600
(Here's a review I wrote years ago, while researching an exhibit for Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.) Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was the astronomer who recognized that the planets move around the Sun in ellipses, a discovery which led directly to the Newtonian revolution which gave us our present understanding of the laws of physics. One of his books, *Somnium* or, in English, ...

Optics
Johannes Kepler

Green Lion Press, 2000

The Optics was a product of Kepler's most creative period. It began as an attempt to give astronomical optics a solid foundation, but soon transcended this narrow goal to become a complete reconstruction of the theory of light, the physiology of vision, and the mathematics of refraction. The result is a work of extraordinary breadth whose significance transcends most categories into which it might be placed. It gives us precious insight into ...

Weltharmonik
Johannes Kepler

R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1973

An edition of Johannes Kepler's masterwork "Harmonice Mundi." (Harmony of the Worlds.) TEXT in GERMAN. Das Lebenswerk Keplers ist die "Harmonice mundi". In diesem Werk berechnet Kepler nicht nur die Planetenbewegungen, sondern versucht vielmehr nachzuweisen, dass das Universum in sich eine riesige göttliche Harmonie bildet.