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Johannes Kepler was a 16th-century German astronomer and mathematician. Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and music theorist. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Life — Reflections on the meaning, challenges, and beauty of life
  • Science — Discovery, inquiry, and the wonders of the natural world

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“Sky-bound was the mind, Earth-bound the body rests”
— Johannes Kepler
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“I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.”
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“I used to measure the skies, now I measure the shadows of Earth.Although my mind was sky-bound, the shadow of my body lies”
— Johannes Kepler
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“Discover the force of the skies O Men: once recognised it can be put to use.”
— Johannes Kepler
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“ not my own opinion, but my wifes: Yesterday, when weary with writing, I was called to supper, and a salad I had asked for was set before me. It seems then, I said, if pewter dishes, leaves of let...”
— Johannes Kepler
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