Johannes Kepler

A. Vital Statistics

• Name: Kepler, Johannes
• Lifespan: 1571-1630
• Birthplace: Weil der Stadt
• Age at death: 58

B. Three historic world events that occurred during his life

• Industrial Revolution
• Slvery
• End of slavery

C.  Education

D. Marital and Family Status

• Barbara van Dvijneveldt / Kepler: wife
• Heinrich Kepler: son
• Susanna Kepler: daughter
• Friedrich Kepler: son
• Susanna Bartsch / Hiller: daughter

More Family

• Ludwig Kepler: son
• Gemma Kepler: daughter
• Margarethe Regina Kepler: daughter
• Katharina Kepler: daughter
• Sebald Kepler: son

E. Occupations

• Astonomer
• Scientist
• Astrologer
• Mathematicians
• Physicists

F. Three Contributions to Mathematics

• The orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the sun at a focus
• The line joining the planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times
• The square of the period of the planet is proportional to the cube of its mean distance to the sun

interesting events

• He knew Galileo Galilei
• He knew Issac Newton
• He knew Albert Einstein.

Bibliography

• http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Johannes_Kepler.htm
• http://www.iac.es/proyecto/johanneskepler/timeline_final.htm
• http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Kepler.html
• http://www.nndb.com/people/342/000086084/
• http://sciencelives.com/kepler.html