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Kepler entered the Lutheran seminary at Adelberg in 1584,<ref name=rice/> and in 1589 he won a scholarship to study theology at the University of Tübingen.<ref name=nasa/>

Kepler entered the Lutheran seminary at Adelberg in 1584,<ref name=rice/> and in 1589 he won a scholarship to study theology at the University of Tübingen.<ref name=nasa/>

In that era, no serious thinker sought to connect [[astronomy]], a "mathematical" discipline, with [[physics]]. But Kepler sought out his first passion to discover the [[planet]]s' paths, instead of settling for what was assumed. He also came under the influence of [[Michael Maestlin]], who was one of the first astronomers to realize, as had [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], that the [[Earth]] and the other planets revolved around the [[Sun]]. Maestlin taught heliocentrism only to graduate students, of whom Kepler was one.

In that era, no serious thinker sought to connect [[astronomy]], a "mathematical" discipline, with [[physics]]. But Kepler sought out his first passion to discover the [[planet]]s' paths, instead of settling for what was assumed. He also came under the influence of [[Michael Maestlin]], who was one of the first astronomers to realize, as had [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], that the [[Earth]] and the other planets revolved around the [[Sun]]. Maestlin taught [[heliocentrism]] only to graduate students, of whom Kepler was one.

Scientists of that time were often opinionated and prone to risk-taking in their theories, and Kepler was no exception. He sacrificed his religious reputation by questioning the "science" of the time, which later forced him to be cut off from orthodox [[Lutheranism]]. Although the loss was great, Kepler was able to become a mathematician and teacher in Graz, [[Austria]], in 1594.<ref name=dao/><ref name=rice/> While at Graz, Kepler wrote his famous ''Mysterium Cosmographicum'', the first forthright and public defense of Copernican [[heliocentrism]].<ref name=nasa/>

Scientists of that time were often opinionated and prone to risk-taking in their theories, and Kepler was no exception. He sacrificed his religious reputation by questioning the "science" of the time, which later forced him to be cut off from orthodox [[Lutheranism]]. Although the loss was great, Kepler was able to become a mathematician and teacher in Graz, [[Austria]], in 1594.<ref name=dao/><ref name=rice/> While at Graz, Kepler wrote his famous ''Mysterium Cosmographicum'', the first forthright and public defense of Copernican [[heliocentrism]].<ref name=nasa/>