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Kepler's Life — Taming the Planets
A young man intending to become a theologian wrestled with Tycho Brahe’s naked-eye observations and abandoned attempts to force Mars onto circles. By refusing to dismiss an eight-arcminute discrepancy as error, Kepler reached the ellipse and area law.
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1571
Age 0
Weil der Stadt
Born in a Small Imperial Town
Kepler was born in Weil der Stadt. His father was an often-absent soldier, his herbalist mother was later accused of witchcraft, and childhood smallpox impaired his hands and eyesight.
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