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[[Image:Gfdse5y465.jpg|right|thumb|Johannes Kepler]]

[[Image:Gfdse5y465.jpg|right|thumb|Johannes Kepler]]

'''Johannes Kepler''' (1571-1630), a [[Protestant]] in [[Germany]], was a brilliant mathematician, astronomer and devout [[Christian]] who cited God many times in all of his writings.  He felt it was his Christian duty to understand the creation of God, the universe.  He also felt that man, being in the image of God, was fully capable of understanding the universe.  Like [[Plato]] and [[Pythagoras]], Kepler felt that God must have created the universe according to a mathematical plan.

'''Johannes Kepler''' (1571-1630), a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] in [[Germany]], was a brilliant mathematician, astronomer and devout [[Christian]] who cited God many times in all of his writings.  He felt it was his Christian duty to understand the creation of God, the universe.  He also felt that man, being in the image of God, was fully capable of understanding the universe.  Like [[Plato]] and [[Pythagoras]], Kepler felt that God must have created the universe according to a mathematical plan.

Originally an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]], Kepler was a contemporary of [[Galileo]]. All of Tycho's observations were made with the naked eye, but after Galileo pioneered the use of the newly invented [[telescope]] to scan the heavens, Kepler was able to make observations to an accuracy of less than one tenth of a degree.

Originally an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]], Kepler was a contemporary of [[Galileo]]. All of Tycho's observations were made with the naked eye, but after Galileo pioneered the use of the newly invented [[telescope]] to scan the heavens, Kepler was able to make observations to an accuracy of less than one tenth of a degree.