5 Quick Facts About ‘Johannes Kepler’ Which You Need To Know

1) Johannes Kepler was born on 27 December 1571 at the Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt. He was a German mathematician, astrologer and astronomer. Kepler is best known for his laws of planetary motion.

2) Kepler lived in an era where there was no distinction between astronomy and astrology, but there was a strong division between astronomy and physics.

3) Kepler also incorporated religious arguments and reasoning into his work with a belief that God had created the world according to a plan that is accessible through the natural light of reason.

4) Johannes Kepler’s first major astronomical work, Mysterium Cosmographicum, was the first published defense of the Copernican system.

5) Kepler began an ambitious program to extend and elaborate his work, following the publications of Mysterium. He died on November 15, 1630.