Kepler, Johannes | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Ball, Sir Robert S. "Kepler." In his Great Astronomers, pp. 96-115. London: Isbister and Company, 1895.
Brief biographical sketch of Kepler's life and career.
Bell, Arthur E. "The Example of Johann Kepler." In his Newtonian Science, pp. 18-38. London: Edward Arnold, 1961.
Discusses the intellectual influences on scientists during the sixteenth and seventeenth century and of the importance of mathematics for grounding the theories of Kepler, Newton, and others in breaking away from the formalism of Greek science.
Berstein, Jeremy. "Heaven's Net." The American Scholar, (Spring 1997): 175-95.
Exploration of the chance meetings and possible influences of Kepler and Donne on each other's work that includes biographical sketches highlighting their divergent personalities and differences in how each man responded to the religious...
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