Sunday, February 12, 2012

Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630

Johannes Kepler

A 1610 portrait of Johannes Kepler by an unknown artist
Born December 27, 1571
Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt near Stuttgart, HRE (now part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Died November 15, 1630 (aged 58)
Regensburg, Electorate of Bavaria, HRE (now Germany)
Residence Württemberg; Styria; Bohemia; Upper Austria
Fields Astronomy, astrology, mathematics and natural philosophy
Institutions University of Linz
Alma mater University of Tübingen
Known for Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Kepler conjecture
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1 comment:

  1. in Regensburg, Kepler fell ill. He died on November 15, 1630, and was buried there; his burial site was lost after the Swedish army destroyed the churchyard.[

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