Full name: Kepler: A novel

Author: John Banville Year: 1981 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Award winners, Fiction, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780679743705 0679743707

Johannes Kepler, master mathematician and astronomer, developed his theories in 16th century pre-Renaissance Germany. His work laid the foundation on which his successors, notably Isaac Newton, built the modern picture of the universe, that held until Einstein. The author shows us a Rabelaisian world...chaotic, muddled, and dirty. Kepler's famly mirrored this disorder, and he retreated into his own cerebrations for relief. Kepler took the theories of his time and stood them on their head. He extracted truth from superstition, and this story, in Banville's hands, is a triumph, heroic and exuberant." This book is part of the "Revolutions Trilogy" series. Here are some other books from this series: "The Newton Letter" First published in 1982 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Doctor Copernicus" First published in 1976 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Doctor Copernicus by John Banville A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles Hiding from the Light by Barbara Erskine Midwinter by John Buchan Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller Legacy by James A. Michener Dewey Defeats Truman by Thomas Mallon The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai Gate to the Sea by Bryher The Lightning Keeper by Starling Lawrence In the Distance by Hernan Diaz Vindication by Frances Sherwood Wife to Mr. Milton by Robert Graves Washington, D.C. by Gore Vidal Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead