Kepler (1571–1630)

Berry (1910) states that “there are few astronomers about whose merits such different opinions have been held as about Kepler.” There is of course general agreement about the great importance of his three laws of planetary motion and of the Rudolphine Tables, which he computed on the basis of these....

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Published inPlanetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler p. 172
Main Author Theodor S. Jacobsen
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Abstract Berry (1910) states that “there are few astronomers about whose merits such different opinions have been held as about Kepler.” There is of course general agreement about the great importance of his three laws of planetary motion and of the Rudolphine Tables, which he computed on the basis of these. But it is said that most of his writings are encumbered with masses of wild speculations, irrelevant autobiographical remarks, mystical and occult fancies, astrology (he cast at least 1800 horoscopes, partly for a living), and weather prophecies. It should be noted, however, that part of his job during his first
AbstractList Berry (1910) states that “there are few astronomers about whose merits such different opinions have been held as about Kepler.” There is of course general agreement about the great importance of his three laws of planetary motion and of the Rudolphine Tables, which he computed on the basis of these. But it is said that most of his writings are encumbered with masses of wild speculations, irrelevant autobiographical remarks, mystical and occult fancies, astrology (he cast at least 1800 horoscopes, partly for a living), and weather prophecies. It should be noted, however, that part of his job during his first
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