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The harmony of the world / by Johannes Kepler ; translated into English with an introduction and notes by E.J. Aiton, A.M. Duncan, J.V. Field.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
- Series:
- Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society 0065-9738 ; v. 209.
- Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, 0065-9738 ; v. 209
- Standardized Title:
- Harmonices mundi. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Music theory.
- History.
- Solar system--Early works to 1800.
- Solar system.
- Geometry--Early works to 1800.
- Geometry.
- Music theory--History--Early works to 1800.
- Harmony of the spheres.
- Physical Description:
- xli, 549 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pa.] : American Philosophical Society, [1997]
- Summary:
- Johanne Kepler's "Harmonice mundi" was planned in 1599 as a sequel to the "Mysterium cosmographicum." In 1618 Kepler discovered the third law of planetary motion relating to the periodic times of the planets to their mean distances from the sun - a crowning achievement that enabled him to bring the "Harmonice mundi" to completeion. The authors have presented and interpreted Kepler's Latin text to readers of English, by putting it into "the kind of clear but earnest language which we suppose Kepler would have used if he had been writing today."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-517) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0871692090
- OCLC:
- 36826094
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