The Astronomer and the Witch
Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 12 October 2017
- ISBN 9780198736783
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages400 pages
- Size 173x227x19 mm
- Weight 536 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 41 black & white illustrations and 2 maps 0
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Short description:
The extraordinary tale of Johannes Kepler, one of the most admired astronomers of all time, and the six long years spent defending his mother from her neighbours' accusations of witchcraft. A story which takes us to the heart of Kepler's changing world.
MoreLong description:
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...
Compelling.
Table of Contents:
Timeline of Johannes Kepler's Life, 1571-1620
Note on Dates
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Maps
Prologue
Introduction
Katharina's Life
A Lutheran Court
The Year of the Witches
Kepler's Strategies
A Family Responds
Movements of the Soul
The Trial Continues
Other Witches
Katharina's Imprisonment
Kepler's Return
The Defence
The Trial Ends
Kepler's Dream
Epilogue
Notes
Further Reading and Viewing
Acknowledgements
Index
