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100 1 $aMartens, Rhonda,$d1964-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00004474
245 10 $aKepler's philosophy and the new astronomy /$cRhonda Martens.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $axii, 201 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-197) and index.
520 1 $a"Johannes Kepler contributed importantly to every field he addressed. He changed the face of astronomy by abandoning principles that had been in place for two millennia, made important discoveries in optics and mathematics, and was an uncommonly good philosopher. Generally, however, Kepler's philosophical ideas have been dismissed as irrelevant and even detrimental to his legacy of scientific accomplishment.
520 8 $aHere, Rhonda Martens offers the first extended study of Kepler's philosophical views and shows how those views helped him construct and justify the new astronomy.".
520 8 $a"By tracing the evolution of Kepler's thought in his astronomical, metaphysical, and epistemological works, Martens explores the complex interplay between changes in his philosophical views and the status of his astronomical discoveries. She shows how Kepler's philosophy paved the way for the discovery of elliptical orbits and provided a defense of physical astronomy's methodological soundness.
520 8 $aIn doing so, Martens demonstrates how an empirical discipline was inspired and profoundly shaped by philosophical assumptions."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aKepler's laws.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003544
650 0 $aAstronomy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009003
852 00 $bglx$hQB355.3$i.M37 2000