Kepler's Witch

2009-10-13 Biography & Autobiography

Author : James A. Connor
Release : 2009-10-13
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 429/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Kepler's Witch written by James A. Connor. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating book, analyzing a pivotal time in western intellectual history.” — John Shelby Spong, author of A New Christianity for a New World “A detailed and fascinating account of the life and times of one of the great founding figures of modern science.” — John Polkinghorne, author of Belief in God in an Age of Science “James Connor narrates the compelling human drama behind significant scientific discoveries of the seventeenth century.” — Eve LaPlante, author of American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans “Connor has illuminated the life - and thus also the work - of one of history’s greatest star-gazers.” — David Edmonds and John Eidinow, authors of Wittgenstein's Poker and Bobby Fischer Goes to War “Connor’s skillful narrative brings to life an extraordinary man who wanted to know the mind of God.” — Kenneth Silverman, Pulitzer-Prize winner and author of Lightning Man “Kepler has received less than his due from rationally-minded scholars. This luminous biography will help remedy that injustice.” — Booklist - Starred Review “His biographer depicts him brilliantly . . . healthy, purposeful, and illuminating.” — Kirkus Reviews “...a remarkably human portrait of Kepler. . . . [an] engaging narrative.” — Publishers Weekly “A compelling story of scientific discovery. . . crisply written, meticulously researched and highly recommended.” — Tucson Citizen “Fun to read...” — Los Angeles Times “No other Keplerian biography fleshes out so fully the background against which the astronomer worked.” — Christian Century “Connor delves into Kepler’s life in such a way that the scientist becomes a person of flesh and bone.” — National Catholic Reporter

Kepler's Witch

2004 Astronomers

Author : James A. Connor
Release : 2004
Genre : Astronomers
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Book Rating : 550/5 ( reviews)

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The Astronomer & the Witch

2015 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Ulinka Rublack
Release : 2015
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 770/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Astronomer & the Witch written by Ulinka Rublack. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Astronomer and the Witch, Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one that takes us to the heart of his changing world.

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

2021-06-08 Fiction

Author : Rivka Galchen
Release : 2021-06-08
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 216/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch written by Rivka Galchen. This book was released on 2021-06-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on real historical documents but infused with the intensity of imagination, sly humor, and intellectual fire for which award-winning author Rivka Galchen’s writing is known, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch is a tale for our time—the story of how a community becomes implicated in collective aggression and hysterical fear. The year is 1619, in the German duchy of Württemberg. Plague is spreading. The Thirty Years War has begun, and fear and suspicion are in the air throughout the Holy Roman Empire. In the small town of Leonberg, Katherina Kepler is accused of being a witch. An illiterate widow, Katherina is known by her neighbors for her herbal remedies and the success of her children, including her eldest, Johannes, who is the Imperial Mathematician and renowned author of the laws of planetary motion. It’s enough to make anyone jealous, and Katherina has done herself no favors by being out and about and in everyone’s business. So when the deranged and insipid Ursula Reinbold (or as Katherina calls her, the Werewolf) accuses Katherina of offering her a bitter, witchy drink that has made her ill, Katherina is in trouble. Her scientist son must turn his attention from the music of the spheres to the job of defending his mother. Facing the threat of financial ruin, torture, and even execution, Katherina tells her side of the story to her friend and next-door neighbor Simon, a reclusive widower imperiled by his own secrets. Provocative and entertaining, Galchen’s bold new novel touchingly illuminates a society, and a family, undone by superstition, the state, and the mortal convulsions of history.

The Astronomer and the Witch

2015-10-23 History

Author : Ulinka Rublack
Release : 2015-10-23
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 448/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Astronomer and the Witch written by Ulinka Rublack. This book was released on 2015-10-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus ́s sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when Kepler was at the height of his career, his widowed mother Katharina was accused of witchcraft. The proceedings led to a criminal trial that lasted six years, with Kepler conducting his mother's defence. In The Astronomer and the Witch, Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one which takes us to the heart of his changing world. First and foremost an intense family drama, the story brings to life the world of a small Lutheran community in the centre of Europe at a time of deep religious and political turmoil - a century after the Reformation, and on the threshold of the Thirty Years' War. Kepler's defence of his mother also offers us a fascinating glimpse into the great astronomer's world view, on the cusp between Reformation and scientific revolution. While advancing rational explanations for the phenomena which his mother's accusers attributed to witchcraft, Kepler nevertheless did not call into question the existence of magic and witches. On the contrary, he clearly believed in them. And, as the story unfolds, it appears that there were moments when even Katharina's children wondered whether their mother really did have nothing to hide...

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