by Arthur Koestler · Biblioteca Salvat Grandes Biografias · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434581913
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«Kepler» is the biography of astronomer Johannes Kepler written by Arthur Koestler, published by Salvat in paperback (185 pages, in Spanish).
Arthur Koestler reviews the life of Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer and mathematician of the 17th century, and his research on the cosmos. The work explains how his observations and calculations contributed to the scientific revolution and places Kepler as a key figure in the history of astronomy.
Volume 46 of the Salvat Library of Great Biographies collection. The original English title of Koestler's work is 'The Sleepwalkers'.
For readers interested in the history of science and in the figure of great astronomers, with a popularizing approach.
Arthur Koestler was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest, and was educated in Austria, apart from his early school years. In 1931, Koestler joined the Communist Party of Germany but resigned in 1938 after becoming disillusioned with Stalinism.
