Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Keplerwas a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his laws of planetary motion, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astronomy. These works also provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth27 December 1571
CountryGermany
quality vices vice-versa
Wherever there are qualities there are likewise quantities, but not always vice versa.
believe simple animal
My aim is to say that the machinery of the heavens is not like a divine animal but like a clock (and anyone who believes a clock has a soul gives the work the honour due to its maker) and that in it almost all the variety of motions is from one very simple magnetic force acting on bodies, as in the clock all motions are from a very simple weight.
years waiting may
It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.
book thoughtful mind
Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.
air space people
Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then there will also be people, who do not shrink from the dreary vastness of space.
art moon men
As soon as somebody demonstrates the art of flying, settlers from our species of man will not be lacking on the moon and Jupiter... Given ships or sails adapted to the breezes of heaven, there will be those who will not shrink from even that vast expanse.
moving focus sun
Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.
song voice ears
The heavenly motions... are nothing but a continuous song for several voices, perceived not by the ear but by the intellect, a figured music which sets landmarks in the immeasurable flow of time.
god believe ideas
I believe the geometric proportion served the creator as an idea when He introduced the continuous generation of similar objects from similar objects.
men matter wonder
The roads by which men arrive at their insights into celestial matters seem to me almost as worthy of wonder as those matters in themselves.
jesus believe christ
I believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace.
world mathematics geometry
Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world.
atheist miracle explanation
Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.
order diversity heaven
The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.