num_pages: 208
description: Johannes Kepler, master mathematician and astronomer, developed his theories in 16th century pre-Renaissance Germany. His work laid the foundation on which his successors, notably Isaac Newton, built the modern picture of the universe, that held until Einstein.The author shows us a Rabelaisian world...chaotic, muddled, and dirty. Kepler's family mirrored this disorder, and he retreated into his own cerebrations for relief. Kepler took the theories of his time and stood them on their head. He extracted truth from superstition, and this story, in Banville's hands, is a triumph, heroic and exuberant.
language: English
title: Kepler
titlecomplete: Kepler  (The Revolutions Trilogy #2)
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 727
series: The Revolutions Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Guardian Fiction Award, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Allied Irish Banks' Prize
publisher: Vintage