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Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Weil der Stadt in the county of Böblingen and in the state
of Baden Württemberg in the country of Germany in the southwestern part at 2:30pm. His birthouse is now open to the public
and there is a monument in the marketplace in his honor built by Sculptor Kreling in the year 1870. He died on November 15,
1630 at the age of 58 years old in Regensburg, Germany. He was buried there but due to the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) his
gravestone was destroyed and thus his gravesite and body is lost for all eternity.
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Kepler made contributions in the field of optics and developed a system of infinitesimals
in mathematics, which was a forerunner of calculus. he also was the one that said that the sun was in the middle of the universe
and that the earth revolved around it. I personally hope that one day they will do excavations and find his body and
bury him under a tombstone bearing his name.
Johannes Kepler Links:
Find A Grave - Johannes Kepler
Kepler Museum/Birthhouse currently only in German/English is on the way
pretty good website:
another good one i think:
Johannes Kepler: The
Laws of Planetary Motion Website
pretty good website:
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More pages following so go look
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