Johannes Kepler Quotes


Now, as God the maker play'd he taught the game to Nature whom he created in his image; taught her the selfsame game which he played to her.


Citations

Kepler, Johannes. Tertius Interveniens. 1610. Johannes Kepler Gesammelte Werke, vol. 4, C.H. Beck, 1941, p. 244.

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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
  • Born: December 27, 1571
  • Died: November 15, 1630
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Scientist

Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer. He is a key figure in the 17th-century scientific revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae. These works also provided one of the foundations for Newton's theory of universal gravitation.