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... Johann Kepler is the name of the man whose place , as is generally agreed , would have been the most difficult to fill among all those who have contributed to 38 THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD.
... Johann Kepler is the name of the man whose place , as is generally agreed , would have been the most difficult to fill among all those who have contributed to 38 THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD.
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... Johann Kepler opened up a new world of thought and of intellectual delight . While at work on the Rudolphine tables he used the old epicycles and deferents and excentrics , but he could not make theory agree with observation . His ...
... Johann Kepler opened up a new world of thought and of intellectual delight . While at work on the Rudolphine tables he used the old epicycles and deferents and excentrics , but he could not make theory agree with observation . His ...
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