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Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler Early Life
Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer and a key influencer of Isaac Newton. He was born on December 27th, 1571 in what was known as the Free Imperial City of Weil Derr Stadt. Pictured is the home where he emerged into the world. The majority of his life was spent in Germany and local European countries. Ultimately, his life concluded in the Free Imperial City of Regensburg, in the south eastern corner of Germany. -
Mysterious Cosmographicum
Mysterious Cosmographicum was Kepler’s entry into the astronomical world. He had an epiphany at age 24 about Saturn and Jupiter and their geometrical relevance to the Zodiac. At the time, he believed that God had shown him the universe through mathematics. This was a result of his religious beliefs, and that science and religion worked hand in hand, and that one could not exist without the other, going as far as to say that the universe was created in the image of the holy trinity. -
Kepler Scientific Contribution
In approximately 1602, Kepler observed that Mars did not in fact rotate around the sun in a circular fashion. He further theorized that planetary speed was related to the “power” of the Sun’s soul. Following this, he came to the conclusion that the farther away the planet was, the faster it moved as it had less of a gravitation pull, yet while closer, it slowed down.
