Johannes Kepler by 2019Larissa Dezainde

How did his Contributions change the way people viewed the world?

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His work on planetary motion gave Newton the data to explain the Laws of Gravity
Galileo and Descartes were influenced by the Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae

Kepler's Life

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Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Weil der Stadt, Swabia. As a child, Kepler's father left to fight for the Catholic Duke of Alva in the Netherlands and a year later his mother left him, leaving Kepler in the care of his grandparents. He was a deeply religious man who followed Martin Luther. Kepler intended his job to revolve around religion but Michael Mastlin influenced him and he became interested in astrology. He later became the imperial mathematician of Tycho Brahe's observatory. This is when he contributed to the Scientific Revolution the most. Like the beginning of his life, the end was very difficult for Kepler. He didn't have much money so he set out to Austria to collect money owed to him. Along the way, he stopped in Regensberg where he became ill. Kepler died on November 15, 1930.

Contributions to Scientific Revolution

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Discovered that Earth did not revolve around the sun at a uniform speed
Discovered planets travel in an elliptical motion around the sun
Founded Theory of Celestial Mechanics
Kepler’s Three Laws of Planetary Motion
Published Astronomia Nova and Harmonies of the World

Did people agree with his discoveries?

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Many people agreed with Kepler’s findings. Some scientists, like Isaac Newton, even used his work to discover new things.

Education/ Jobs

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At seven, Kepler got a scholarship to the Latin School in Leonberg
At 12 he completed his education and pursued a religious career at the University of Tubingen
At 20, Kepler entered the Tubingen Theological School where he taught mathematics
He was later invited by Tycho Brahe to work in his observatory
After Brahe's death, Kepler became the imperial mathematician at Brahe's observatory

How might our world be different today if these contributions were NOT made?

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If Kepler didn’t discover how the planets orbit then the Platonic and Copernican concepts of uniform motion wouldn’t have been proven false.
Isaac Newton wouldn’t of had the data he needed to prove the Laws of Gravity

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Sources

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"Johannes Kepler." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 20 Jan. 2016.

"Johannes Kepler." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 9 Mar. 2010. .