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“I used to measure the skies, now I measure the shadows of Earth. Although my mind was sky-bound, the shadow of my body lies here. [Epitaph he composed for himself a few months before he died]”

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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist, renowned for his research on the laws of planetary motion. He formulated the famous Kepler's laws, which describe the regularities of planetary orbits around the sun. Kepler's work had a profound impact on the development of astronomy and physics. more

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