Johannes Kepler and the new astronomy
By: James R. Voelkel
Series: Oxford portraits in science; Oxford portraits in science
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9781423774051
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION; Science & Nature; Science & Technology; Astronomers; Biography & Autobiography; Astronomy; Juvenile literature; Sterrenkunde; Biography
Description: A biography of the German astronomer who discovered three laws of planetary motion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The comet; title: Sidebar: Copernicus's Model of Retrograde Motion; title: The secret of the universe; title: Sidebar: Platonic solids; title: The new astronomy; title: Sidebar: Uraniborg Observatory; title: Sidebar: Kepler's first two laws; title: The harmony of the world; title: Sidebar: Kepler's third law; title: Witch trial; title: The dream; title: Epilogue.