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Max Caspar
Our Price$18.95New!(Table of Contents)
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Format: Book
ISBN: 0486676056
Page Count: 448
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Definitive biography by foremost scholar offers fascinating erudite picture of great mathematician's scientific accomplishments: formulation of laws of planetary motion, work with optics and calculus, much more. Also detailed chronicle of Kepler's public and personal life: childhood and youth, education, mother's trial as a witch, fear of religious persecution, more.

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