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Johannes Kepler Bibliography

Johannes Kepler’s list of works (in chronological order):

Mysterium Cosmographicum (The Sacred Mystery of the Cosmos). 1596

De Fundamentis Astrologiae Certioribus (On Firmer Fundaments of Astrology). 1601

Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy). 1604

De Stella nova in pede Serpentarii (On the New Star at the Foot of the Serpent [Ophiuchus Constellation]). 1606

Astronomia nova (New Astronomy). 1609

Tertius Interveniens (Third-party Interventions). 1610

Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo (Conversation with the Starry Messenger). 1610

Dioptrice. 1611

De nive sexangula (On the Six-Cornered Snowflake). 1611

De vero Anno, quo aeternus Dei Filius humanam naturam in utero benedictae Virginis Mariae assumpsit. 1614

Eclogae Chronicae. 1615

Nova stereometria doliorum vinariorum (New Stereometry of Wine Barrels). 1615

Ephemerides nouae motuum coelestium. 1617-1630

Epitome astronomiae Copernicanae (Epitome of Copernican Astronomy). 1618-1621

Harmonices Mundi (Harmony of the Worlds). 1619

Mysterium Cosmographicum, 2nd ed. 1621

Tabulae Rudolphinae (Rudolphine Tables). 1627

Somnium (The Dream). 1634

Selected secondary sources:

Kirby, Torrance. “‘The “Cosmographic Mystery’ : Johannes Kepler’s Conversion of Astronomy.” Laval théologique et philosophique. Feb 2019, 75:1: pp. 59-74. Web.

Rothman, Aviva. “Johannes Kepler’s pursuit of harmony.” Physics Today. Jan 2020, 73;1, pp. 36. Web.

Boner, Patrick J. Kepler’s cosmological synthesis: astrology, mechanism, and the soul. Koninklijke Brill 2013: Leiden, Netherlands. Web.

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