{"product_id":"kepler-von-walter-w-bryant","title":"KEPLER","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn order to emphasise the importance of the reforms introduced into \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eastronomy by Kepler, it will be well to sketch briefly the history of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe theories which he had to overthrow. In very early times it must \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave been realised that the sun and moon were continually \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanging their places among the stars. The day, the month, and the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyear were obvious divisions of time, and longer periods were \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuggested by the tabulation of eclipses. We can imagine the respect \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaccorded to the Chaldaean sages who first discovered that eclipses \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecould be predicted, and how the philosophers of Mesopotamia must \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave sought eagerly for evidence of fresh periodic laws. Certain of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe stars, which appeared to wander, and were hence called planets, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprovided an extended field for these speculations. Among the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChaldaeans and Babylonians the knowledge gradually acquired was \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprobably confined to the priests and utilised mainly for astrological \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprediction or the fixing of religious observances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041985173\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041985173","offer_id":47647880249669,"sku":"9791041985173","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/68d17eb5-b4a5-475d-9323-d39d80f328d1.jpg?v=1749444974","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/kepler-von-walter-w-bryant","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}