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Kepler
Book • 1959
Max Caspar's 'Kepler' is a definitive scholarly biography that traces the life, intellectual development, and scientific achievements of Johannes Kepler.
The book situates Kepler in the context of his times, detailing his education, religious convictions, and the difficulties he faced while formulating his laws of planetary motion and celestial physics.
Caspar draws on primary sources to reconstruct Kepler's methodological and theological motivations, highlighting his synthesis of Pythagorean and Platonic ideas with emerging empirical science.
The biography has long been a central reference for historians of science studying the Scientific Revolution and Kepler's role within it.
Caspar's work remains influential for its thorough scholarship and clear explication of Kepler's contributions.
The book situates Kepler in the context of his times, detailing his education, religious convictions, and the difficulties he faced while formulating his laws of planetary motion and celestial physics.
Caspar draws on primary sources to reconstruct Kepler's methodological and theological motivations, highlighting his synthesis of Pythagorean and Platonic ideas with emerging empirical science.
The biography has long been a central reference for historians of science studying the Scientific Revolution and Kepler's role within it.
Caspar's work remains influential for its thorough scholarship and clear explication of Kepler's contributions.
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Johannes Kepler and the Mathematical Rationality of the Cosmos
