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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Kepler on supernova, theology and astrology

Johannes Kepler, who was born on 27 December 1571, is the subject of a couple recent interesting articles. These articles are an opportunity to see how Kepler was typical of the early-modern European scholar, a person as interested in astronomy and optics (our notion of sciences) as theology and astrology.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/31 at 12:17 PM
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