Johannes Kepler vs. Isaac Newton
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Johannes Kepler
1571 – 1630
Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and music theorist. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae. The variety and impact of his work made Kepler one of the founders and fathers of modern astronomy, the scientific method, natural science, and modern science.
"I was almost driven to madness in considering and calculating this matter. I could not find out why the planet would rather go on an elliptical orbit. Oh, ridic…"
Isaac Newton
1934 – 2014
English mathematician and physicist who formulated classical mechanics.
"The kingdoms represented by the second and third Beasts, or the Bear and Leopard, are again described by Daniel in his last Prophecy written in the third year o…"
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