Talk:Johannes Kepler

Koestler's Kepler in History of Science subsection
I am surprised to see no reference to Arthur Koestler's "The Sleepwalkers" in the 'History of science' subsection of this article, but only in the 'Cultural influence and eponymy' subsection further down. Koestler made Kepler the central figure of his entire work, as the archetypal confluence of induction and reduction in the European Renaissance. For Koestler, in Kepler one sees an operator acting under the influence of both logical positivism and mystic inspiration, attributing them both with equal importance in his work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.204.235 (talk) 09:05, 12 March 2023 (UTC)


 * 🤔 59.178.55.132 (talk) 08:15, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Different calendars
As the German Wikipedia article on Kepler rightfully points out, his birth date is given in the Julian calendar, whereas the date of his death is given in the Gregorian calendar. The German article reads: “(* 27. Dezember 1571jul. in Weil der Stadt; † 15. November 1630greg. in Regensburg).”

I think we should do the same in the English version.

Thoughts?

CielProfond (talk) 16:23, 29 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Do we use that superscript style elsewhere on enwiki? Or are we more likely to use ? --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106;&#x1D110;&#x1d107; 16:33, 29 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I’m thinking as I don’t remember seeing that superscript annotation anywhere else on English Wikipedia. Another option would be a note, like there is for Isaac Newton.
 * CielProfond (talk) 20:18, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Solar vs lunar eclipse
"Though the essay did not earn him a place in Ferdinand's court, it did detail a new method for measuring lunar eclipses, which he applied during the 10 July eclipse in Graz." The eclipse of 10 July 1600 was a solar eclipse, not a lunar eclipse, so either the method was for measuring solar eclipses or it would need some explanation how a method ment for measuring lunar eclipses can be used for a solar eclipse. Proofreader (talk) 10:39, 20 December 2023 (UTC)