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Johannes Kepler [1571-1630] German
Rank: 102
Scientist, Mathematician


Johannes Kepler was 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. 

Nature, Great, Space



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I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.
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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. Great, Nature
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The radius vector describes equal areas in equal times.
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Nature uses as little as possible of anything. Nature
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Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus. Space
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Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.
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I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.
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The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cubes of the mean distances.
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