10 Interesting Fact About The life and work of Johannes Kepler

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• Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 at Weil der Stadt, Germany.
• His father was a soldier and his mother was a herbalist.
• Kepler is a famous mathematician, astronomer, and astrololy in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• He is a student of Tycho Brahe, a famous astronomer in his time.
• Kepler found three laws of planetary movement, known as Kepler's law.
• Kepler also wrote a book about optics, where he explained how human eyes work.
• He believes that the planets move in elliptical orbits, not in the perfect round orbit as believed before.
• Kepler also developed theories about how the solar system was formed, by proposing that gas clouds and dust rotate and eventually form a planet.
• Kepler is known as a religious scientist, and he believes that his discoveries help reveal the secrets of the miracle of God's creation.
• Kepler died on November 15, 1630 in Regensburg, Germany, and his inheritance still had an impact to this day in the fields of astronomy and mathematics.