Johannes Kepler Research Paper

Life of Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Weil der Stadt, Germany. Kepler’s father was a soldier and his mother was a healer. Kepler’s family was very poor. Johannes began school in 1576 in Leonberg. After Johannes completed his regular schooling, he went to school in a convent. This enabled Kepler to get a better education. After Kepler spent a few years at the convent Kepler was at, Kepler was able to go to a better convent school to get an even better education. After Kepler graduated this convent school Kepler went to the University of Tuebingen in 1589 to get a better philosophy education. Kepler also studied theology while Kepler was at this university. Johannes Kepler was a very intelligent man. Kepler was most skilled in mathematics. Kepler was also very good at astrology. Kepler showed Kepler was good at astronomy by showing other people their horoscopes. Kepler was a Copernican which meant that Kepler believed in Copernicus’ theory about where the planets are in the universe. Kepler’s first job after Kepler graduated was a job as a teacher of mathematics and

These two men worked for Emperor Rudolf II. The problem with this job was that Kepler and Brahe had different beliefs about the universe. Kepler believed in the heliocentric universe while Brahe believed in the geocentric universe. In other words, Brahe believed the earth was the center of the universe while Kepler believed that the sun was the center of the universe. During this job, Kepler had to study Mars. Kepler published a few books to share what he has discovered with the world. In one of Kepler’s books, Kepler explains the laws of planetary motion that Kepler discovered. Kepler later published a book that contained his third law of planetary motion. Kepler died in Regensburg, Germany on November 15,