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Kepler in the Linder Gallery?

michaeljohn October 27, 2009 Allegory, Art-Science, Astronomy 2 Comments

Three books can be seen to the right of the celestial globe in the Linder Gallery. From the bottom they are the HARMONICES MUNDI or Harmonies of the World (1619) and the TABULAE RUDOLPHINAE or Rudolphine Tables (1627)  by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler. 

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