Johannes Kepler Siegen Bretzke December 27 1571 November

Johannes Kepler Siegen Bretzke December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630

Johannes and Barbara Main Info • Born at the Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt (now part of Stuttgart) in Germany • Mathematician, Astronomer, Astrologer • On April 27, 1597, Kepler married a young woman named Barbara Müller • Their first two children died as infants, and they had three more children- Susanna, Friedrich, and Ludwig- later.

His Work Astronomia Nova • His works included several books- Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astronomy- which influenced many later scientists, including helping Isaac Newton develop his theory of universal gravitation. • Kepler is also well known for his laws of planetary motion. Diagram of Kepler’s law(s) of planetary motion

Career • Kepler was a mathematics teacher at a seminary school in Graz, Austria, where he became an associate of Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg Prince Hans Graz, Austria

Career (continued) Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor • Later he became an assistant to astronomer Tycho Brahe, and eventually the imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II and his two successors, Matthias and Ferdinand II. • He was also a mathematics teacher in Linz, Austria, and an adviser to General Wallenstein

Sites • • www. en/wikipedia. org www. johanneskepler. com Google Images(and the places it took me) My own knowledge Thanks for watching!