SCIENTIST ; JOHANNES KEPLER

(27 Dec 1571 - 15 Nov 1630)

1 Jan 1589 1 Jan 1577. The Great Comet affected Kepler's future choice in career. He experienced this event at the age of 6. 1Jan 1580. Johannes also observed a lunar eclipse. He remembers that the moon looked "quite red".

Kepler first switched from grammar school, to Latin school, and a senimary at Maulbronn. Until he began to study at the University of Tubingen. Here he studied philosphy. He proved to be a superb mathematician and soon earned a reputation as a skillfull astrologer, - even casting horscopes for fellow students!

1 Apr 1594. Kepler had a desire to become a minister, But then, he was recommended for a position as teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Protestant school in Graz (later the University of Graz). Johannes accepted the position in April 1594, at the age of 23.

19 Jul 1595. Mysterium Cosmographicum was the first astronomical work published by Kepler in which he defended that the theories of Copernicus were true and accurate 4 Feb 1600. Tycho Brahe and Johannes meet.

24 Oct 1601. Two days after Tycho's unexpected death on October 24, 1601, Kepler was appointed his successor as imperial mathematician with the responsibility to complete his unfinished work.

1 Jan 1609. (1) The Elliptical law. 2) The Equal-areas law. And (3) The Harmonic law. The third law came ten years later. (1619)

1Jan 1610. the supernova. Kepler found and researched in 1604

1 Jan 1611. The Kepler conjecture says that this is the best that can be done no other arrangement of spheres has a higher average density.

1 Jan 1630. Rumor has it . Kepler was actually the first pseudo scientist to come up with the theory of wormholes throughout the universe.