The astronomer & the witch : Johannes Kepler's fight for his mother / Ulinka Rublack.
The astronomer & the witch : Johannes Kepler's fight for his mother / Ulinka Rublack.
The astronomer & the witch : Johannes Kepler's fight for his mother / Ulinka Rublack.
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/2184
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English
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Physical content
xxxii, 359 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Katharina's life -- A Lutheran court -- The year of the witches -- Kepler's strategies -- A family responds -- Movements of the soul -- The trial continues -- Other witches -- Katharina's imprisonment -- Kepler's return -- The defence -- The trial ends -- Kepler's dream.
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Publisher
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus's sun-centered universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when Kepler was at the heig...
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The astronomer & the witch : Johannes Kepler's fight for his mother / Ulinka Rublack.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-346) and index.
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G 2016/2184
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74VKzQxdWBLX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzQxdWBLX
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9780198736776
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991023561219702626
