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Epitome of Copernican Astronomy

work by Kepler

Also known as: “Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae”

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In Johannes Kepler: Astronomical work of Johannes Kepler
…astronomy, Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae (1618–21; Epitome of Copernican Astronomy). The title mimicked Maestlin’s traditional-style textbook, but the content could not have been more different. The Epitome began with the elements of astronomy but then gathered together all the arguments for Copernicus’s theory and added to them Kepler’s harmonics and new…
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