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Johannes Kepler

Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Germany. He was born a

sickly child to his poor Lutheran parents. It became evident early on that he

posessed intelligence, and attended the University of Tubingen on a scholarship

to study Lutheran ministry. It was during his education here he became fond of

the ideas of Copernicus, and in 1597 wrote his first defense of the Copernican

system, called Mysterium Cosmographicum.

Kepler, himself, did not adhere to the Lutheran docterines, and was

therefore excommunicated from the Lutheran sacrament. However, he refused

to convert to Catholicism and had no refuge in the Thirty-Years War.

Perhaps it was destiny that Kepler was forced to leave his teaching

position at the Graz and ends up moving to Prague and working for Danish

astronomer Tycho Brahe. When Tycho died in 1601, he left all his findings to

Kepler, who was dubbed the imperial mathematician.

It was here when......

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