Kepler's Witch: An Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother |
Contents
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FROM KEPLERS ASTRONOMIA NOVA 1609 | 47 |
LETTER FROM KEPLER TO THE THEOLOGy FACULTy | 69 |
LETTER FROM KEPLER TO MICHAEL MäSTLIN | 85 |
An Archimedean Calculation | 107 |
Letter from Kepler to ToBIAS SCULTETus | 189 |
OCTOBER 23 1613 | 227 |
Letter from Luther Einhorn Magistrate | 255 |
Letter from Kepler to Herzog Johann FRIEDRICH | 271 |
FROM KEPLERS HARMONICE MUNDI | 307 |
My Duty under Danger | 341 |
Notes | 365 |
Kepler Time Line | 377 |
FROM KEPLERS EULOGY ON THE DEATH | 141 |
LETTERS FROM KEPLER TO JOHANN GEORG Brengger | 167 |
Index | 385 |
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