Introduction. Philosophic And Scientific Thought In The Renaissance ; Revival Of Astronomical Research - Copernicus ; Religious Conflict In The Sixteenth Century -- Childhood And Youth 1571-1594. Birth And Ancestry ; Weil Der Stadt ; Kepler's Family ; First Schooling ; The Seminary ; The Stift In Tubingen ; Studies And Teachers At The University ; Summons To Graz -- District Mathematician And Teacher In Graz 1594-1600. Church Politics In Graz ; The Stiftsschule ; The District Mathematician's First Calendars ; Mysterium Cosmographicum ; Marriage ; The Beginning Of The Counter Reformation ; Further Scholarly Work - Studies Connected With The Notion Of World Harmony ; Kepler's Oppressing Situation And His Visit To Tycho Brahe ; Plans And Work After Kepler's Return ; Sharpened Counter Reformation Measures And Exile From Graz --^ Imperial Mathematician In Prague 1600-1612. The First Months ; Tycho Brahe's Death And Kepler's Appointment As Imperial Mathematician ; Astronomia Nova - And The Second And First Planet Laws ; Astronomia Pars Optica ; The Religious Situation In Prague ; Emperor Rudolph Ii And Kepler ; The New Star Of 1604 ; Financial Worries ; Kepler's Patrons And Friends ; Home Life ; Tabulae Rudolphinae - Ephemerides - Antwort Auf Roslini Discurs - Tertius Interveniens ; Political Disorders - Kepler On The Watch For A New Place To Work ; Galileo's First Discoveries With The Telescope ; Dissertatio Cum Nuncio Sidereo ; Dioptrice ; The Unfortunate Year, 1611 ; Rejected By The Wurttemberg Theologians - Successful Negotiations With Linz - Death Of Frau Kepler - Departure From Prague --^ District Mathematician In Linz 1612-1626. Kepler In A New Intellectual Situation And Official Position ; Exclusion From Communion ; Second Marriage And Household ; The Year Of Christ's Birth - The Gregorian Calendar ; Stereometria Doliorum And Other Scholarly Work ; Kepler's Mother's Witch Trial ; Last Unavailing Attempt In Tubingen To Obtain Admission To Communion ; Harmonice Mundi - And The Third Planet Law ; Controversy With Robert Fludd ; Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae ; Calendars And Comets ; Wartime In Linz - The Counter Reformation ; Tabulae Rudolphinae ; Siege Of Linz And Kepler's Departure -- Last Years In Ulm And Sagan And Death In Regensburg 1626-1630. Ulm And The Tabulae Rudolphinae ; In Search Of A New Dwelling Place: Landgrave Philip Of Hesse, Emperor Ferdinand ; Disagreement With The Jesuits ; Kepler And Wallenstein ; Sagan ; Somnium ; Jakob Bartsch ; Regensburg And Kepler's Death ; The Fate Of Kepler's Family And Manuscripts --^ Review And Evaluation. Kepler's Physical Constitution And His Character ; Kepler's View Of The World And His Doctrine Of Knowledge ; Kepler's Cosmography. Max Caspar ; Translated And Edited By C. Doris Hellman ; With A New Introduction And References By Owen Gingerich ; Bibliographical Citations By Owen Gingerich And Alain Segonds. Originally Published: London ; New York: Abelard-schuman, C1959. (life Of Science Library ; 36), With A New Introduction, Bibliographical References And Index Of Subjects And Places. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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