Great Astronomers: Johannes Kepler Robert Stawell Ball

by Robert Stawell Ball

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German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) derived his mathematical laws of planetary motion from astronomical data meticulously collected by Tycho Brahe, who, as he was dying, beseeched young Kepler to use the data to discover the laws of motion of the planets. Based upon Kepler's laws, Sir Isaac Newton later developed his law of gravity. This is a chapter from Sir Robert Stawell Ball's Great Astronomers (2nd ed. 1907). Ball traces Kepler's life...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1542842166

ISBN13:9781542842167

Release Date:January 2017

Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Length:24 Pages

Weight:0.11 lbs.

Dimensions:0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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