Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a brilliant German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. He is best known for his laws of planetary motion, expounded in the two books Astronomia nova and Harmonices Mundi.

Writings by Kepler

• Mysterium cosmographicum (The Cosmic Mystery) (1596)
• Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy) (1604)
• De Stella nova in pede Serpentarii (On the New Star in Ophiuchus's Foot) (1604)
• Astronomia nova (New Astronomy) (1609)
• Dioptrice (Dioptre) (1611)
• Nova stereometria doliorum vinariorum (New Stereometry of wine barrels) (1615)
• Epitome astronomiae Copernicanae (published in three parts from 1618-1621)
• Harmonice Mundi (Harmony of the Worlds) (1619)
• Tabulae Rudolphinae (1627)
• Somnium (The Dream) (1634) - considered the first precursor of science fiction.