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Somnium, Seu Opus Posthumum de Astronomia Lunari

The Dream

Somnium, Seu Opus Posthumum de Astronomia Lunari

Johannes Kepler

Latin

Johannes Kepler c. 1630 · published 1634

52 pages

Natural Philosophy Literature Music Of The Spheres Kepler Fludd Debate Cosmology Astronomy Renaissance Literary Imagination Mathematics

Cosmology & Astronomy Natural Philosophy & Science Literature & Poetry Mathematics & Sacred Number Renaissance Literary Imagination The Music of the Spheres The Kepler-Fludd Debate

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astronomymedicinenatural-philosophyliteraturephilosophy

What if the 'Father of Science Fiction' was also one of history’s greatest astronomers? Johannes Kepler’s *Somnium* is a mind-bending 17th-century voyage to the Moon that challenges everything you know about your place in the universe.

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Somnium39pJohannes Kepler34pLunar Astronomy24pLudwig Kepler18pFrankfurt17pAstronomia Lunari15pVolva15pAstronomy13pThe Dream13pSagan11pLevania11p163410pLuna10p

17th centuryp. 3, p. 43

17th-century printingp. 1, p. 38, p. 40, p. 41, p. 42, p. 43, p. 46, p. 49+1 more

17th-century sciencep. 39, p. 44, p. 45, p. 47, p. 48, p. 51

Americap. 27, p. 28

Apogeep. 18, p. 19, p. 20

Astronomiap. 8, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 15, p. 21, p. 29, p. 30+1 more

Astronomia Lunarisp. 4, p. 47

celestial mechanicsp. 11, p. 16, p. 22, p. 25, p. 30

Copernican theoryp. 25, p. 45

Copernicusp. 5, p. 12, p. 27, p. 31

Creative Commonsp. 42, p. 52

Divisorp. 15, p. 31

Duracotop. 4, p. 37

Duracotusp. 4, p. 8, p. 9, p. 37

Earthp. 13, p. 18

earthshinep. 9, p. 23, p. 31, p. 32

eclipsesp. 11, p. 29

Eclipsisp. 12, p. 14, p. 29, p. 30, p. 31

Eclipsis Solisp. 33, p. 35

Eclipticp. 18, p. 24

Eclipticap. 21, p. 24

Francofurtip. 37, p. 38, p. 39, p. 42, p. 45, p. 46, p. 50, p. 51+1 more

Frankfurt am Mainp. 3, p. 47

Galileop. 9, p. 33

geographyp. 26, p. 27, p. 28

gravityp. 12, p. 13, p. 32

Heclap. 5, p. 6

Hemisphæriump. 19, p. 26, p. 34

History of Sciencep. 1, p. 38, p. 41, p. 46, p. 52

Icelandp. 4, p. 6, p. 7, p. 8

Imperial Mathematicianp. 38, p. 47, p. 48, p. 49

Internet Archivep. 42, p. 52

Islandiap. 4, p. 6, p. 7, p. 8

Joannis Kepplerip. 1, p. 38, p. 39, p. 45, p. 46, p. 51, p. 52

Keplerp. 12, p. 21, p. 22, p. 25, p. 30, p. 32

Kepler's Dreamp. 18, p. 21, p. 23

Ludovico Kepplerop. 1, p. 38, p. 39, p. 41, p. 42, p. 44, p. 45, p. 46+1 more

Ludovicus Kepplerusp. 3, p. 43, p. 47, p. 48, p. 49, p. 50, p. 51

Lunar atmospherep. 35, p. 36, p. 37

lunar biologyp. 33, p. 34

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Illustrations3

Astronomical diagram illustrating celestial bodies and light rays.

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A geometric diagram illustrating celestial mechanics and the projection of light between spherical bodies.

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A geometric diagram featuring intersecting circles and lines with alphabetical labels.

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Iohannis Saresberiensis policraticus de nugis curialium et vestigiis philosophorum continens libros octovia Johannes Kepler Tycho Brahe: Astronomiae Instauratae (1602)via Tycho Brahe Starry Messengervia Galileo Galilei The Dutch Tiphysvia Snell

Related works (4)

Key to the secrets of natureEckartshausen, Karl vonRome, Rome, Rome, Prague, Prague On the New Star in the Foot of the Serpent-bearerKepler, JohannesRome, Spain, Prague, Prague, Tübingen Tabulae Rudolphinae - Astronomical TablesJohannes Kepler; Tycho BraheRome, Spain, Prague, Prague, Tübingen Natural MagicGiambattista della PortaRome, Rome, Spain, Spain, Germany

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