Kepler's spheres. Artwork from the 1596 work Prodromus dissertationum cosmographicarum (Prologue to the dissertation on a description of the universe) by the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Kepler's spheres here are polyhedra,following the Platonic mysticism,still present in Kepler's time,that associated the regular solids with the classical elements. The text is in Latin | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Royal Astronomical Society |
Bildgröße: | 3780 px × 4687 px |
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