Kepler’s Cosmology
摘要
The chapter concerns Kepler’s cosmological theories: in Mysterium cosmographicum (1596, 1621) (geocentric cosmology, the Copernican system, the number and spacing of orbs, arguments for Copernicanism, astrology, numbers, music and astronomy); and Harmonice mundi (1619) (structure of the work, constructing regular polygons, tessellations and polyhedra, music, astrology, astronomy, cosmic harmony).