The brilliant German mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), one
of the founders of modern astronomy, revolutionized the Copernican
heliocentric theory of the universe with his three laws of motion:
that the planets move not in circular but elliptical orbits, that
their speed is greatest when nearest the sun, and that the sun and
planets form an integrated system. This volume contains two of his
most important works: The Epitome of Copernican Astronomy (books 4
and 5 of which are translated here) is a textbook of Copernican
science, remarkable for the prominence given to physical astronomy
and for the extension to the Jovian system of the laws recently
discovered to regulate the motions of the Planets. Harmonies of the
World (book 5 of which is translated here) expounds an elaborate
system of celestial harmonies depending on the varying velocities
of the planets.
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