Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations of Works Frequently Cited xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. 1. Kepler’s Life and Times 10
8. 2. The Mysterium cosmographicum and Kepler’s Early Approach to Natural Philosophy 39
9. 3. Kepler’s Apologia: An Early Modern Treatise on Realism 57
10. 4. Kepler’s Archetypes and the Astronomia nova 69
11. 5. The Aristotelian Kepler 99
12. 6. The Harmonice mundi 112
13. 7. The Epitome astronomiae Copernicanae: Kepler’s Mature Physical Astronomy 142
14. Conclusion The Fate of Kepler’s Philosophical Thought 169
15. Notes 177
16. Bibliography 191
17. Index 199