Selections from Kepler's Astronomia Nova - (Science Classics Module for Humanities Studies) by Johannes Kepler (Paperback)

Number of Pages: 109
Genre: Science
Sub-Genre: History
Series Title: Science Classics Module for Humanities Studies
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Green Lion Press
Age Range: Adult
Author: Johannes Kepler
Language: English

About the Book

Johannes Kepler wrote Astronomia Nova (1609) in a singleminded drive to sweep away the ancient and medieval clutter of spheres and orbs and to establish a new truth in astronomy, based on physical causality. Thus a good part of the book is given over to a nontechnical discussion of how planets can be made to move through space by physical forces. This is the theme of the readings in the present module. The selection includes Kepler's Introduction as well as a selection of chapters that develop the physics of planetary motion. In these ground-breaking chapters, the true Kepler emerges, not as a speculative mystic or a number-crunching drudge, but as a first-rate scientific thinker with a wonderfully engaging narrative style.

Book Synopsis

Johannes Kepler wrote Astronomia Nova (1609) in a single minded drive to sweep away the ancient and medieval clutter of spheres and orbs and to establish a new truth in astronomy, based on physical causality. This title includes Kepler's introduction as well as a selection of chapters that develop the physics of planetary motion.