Secrets of the Universe [Johannes Kepler Part 1]

 Johannes Kepler rose from a difficult childhood to become a brilliant but unconventional student, deeply influenced by his Lutheran faith, Copernican astronomy, and a belief in divine harmony within the cosmos. In Graz he developed his bold first theory, published in Mysterium Cosmographicum, which linked the orbits of the planets to the five Platonic solids and made him one of the earliest open defenders of heliocentrism. Facing religious persecution and desperate for accurate data, Kepler set out to join Tycho Brahe in Prague, convinced that Tycho’s observations were the key to uncovering the universe’s hidden order. 

Chapters

• 0:00 Family and Background
• 3:26 Seminary School
• 6:28 University of Tubingen
• 10:53 Move to Graz
• 14:52 Copernicanism
• 16:08 Polyhedral Theory
• 22:04 Theory of Orbital Periods
• 25:06 Publication of Mysterium Cosmographicum
• 26:47 Self Promotion
• 29:48 Ursus
• 33:13 Counter Reformation in Graz
• 36:29 Tycho Responds
• 38:16 Harmonic Theory
• 39:41 Kepler Leaves