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Author:
Voelkel, James R. (James Robert), 1962-
Title:
Johannes Kepler and the new astronomy / James R. Voelkel.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
c1999
Description:
141 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Kepler, Johannes,--1571-1630--Juvenile literature.
Astronomers--Germany--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Kepler, Johannes,--1571-1630.
Astronomers.
Sterrenkunde.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.
Contents:
The comet -- Sidebar: Copernicus's Model of Retrograde Motion -- The secret of the universe -- Sidebar: Platonic solids -- The new astronomy -- Sidebar: Uraniborg Observatory -- Sidebar: Kepler's first two laws -- The harmony of the world -- Sidebar: Kepler's third law -- Witch trial -- The dream -- Epilogue.
Summary:
A biography of the German astronomer who discovered three laws of planetary motion.
Series:
Oxford portraits in science
ISBN:
9780195116809 (alk. paper)
0195116801 (alk. paper)
LCCN:
99023844
Locations:
DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)
WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)
GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

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