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    Johannes Kepler - Including a Brief History of Astronomy and the Life and Works of Johannes Kepler with Pictures and a Poem by Alfred Noyes
    Johannes Kepler - Including a Brief History of Astronomy and the Life and Works of Johannes Kepler with Pictures and a Poem by Alfred Noyes
    Johannes Kepler - Including a Brief History of Astronomy and the Life and Works of Johannes Kepler with Pictures and a Poem by Alfred Noyes
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    Johannes Kepler - Including a Brief History of Astronomy and the Life and Works of Johannes Kepler with Pictures and a Poem by Alfred Noyes

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    Johannes Kepler was a key figure in the scientific revolution of the 17th century and this in-depth biography delves into he life and works of the man whose laws of planetary motion became one of the bed rocks of Newton's theory of universal gravitation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVintage Astronomy Classics
    Release dateJun 28, 2021
    ISBN9781528765930
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