Johannes Kepler

Who is Kepler?

• 1561-1630 AD born in Germany
• poor but intelligent
• University of Tubingen
• Refused to be Catholic
• Imperial Mathematician

What things did he experience?

• He was sick a lot, crippled, and blind because of smallpox.
• His mom was a wise woman and showed him the night sky

What is he known for?

• Three laws of planetary orbit
• First law of gravity (before Newton)
• Improved Galileo's telescope

Contribution to the Renaissance

• Part of Scientific Revolution
• Discovered many things that we might not understand today
• Interest in Astronomy and Math