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Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), a [[Protestant]] in [[Germany]], built on [[Copernicus]]'s work and discovered that planets orbited the sun in elliptical rather than perfectly circular orbits.  Kepler 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 [[Protestant]] in [[Germany]], built on [[Copernicus]]'s work and discovered that planets orbited the sun in elliptical rather than perfectly circular orbits.  Kepler 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.