What astronomer Kepler did until his death.

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Back in the 15th century, people believed that the sun revolved around the Earth.

Even the few people who think that the Earth goes around the sun

It was believed that the earth orbits in a perfect circular orbit.

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Johannes Kepler studied Mars observations for more than 10 years.

It proves that the celestial body orbits the sun in an elliptical orbit.

This was included in the thesis in the paper

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Kepler had enough evidence to corroborate the theory of intellectual motion.

But the scientific evidence was so complex that it was difficult for even fellow scientists to understand.

Not to mention the public who knew nothing of science.

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Kepler’s ability to broaden and understand the narrow view of the heavenly world.

I realized that it’s not science, but the role of story.

I decide to write a simple and interesting story.

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In 1609, Kepler completed the novel Somnium.

This book tells the story of an astronomer who sailed to the moon.

Arriving on the moon, the young explorer meets the inhabitants of the moon who think the Earth orbits the moon.

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(1)You are my Destiny
(2)I can’t turn my head.
(3)I only look at you.
(4)The moon has a rotation cycle of 28 days and 273 days. The moon has the same rotation cycle as the moon.
(5)Always revolving around the Earth facing the same side.
(6)I can’t leave you
(7)The moon is the moon of the earth, even if you want to leave.
(8)something you can’t leave
(9)You are my earth.
(10)The center of my day.
(11)The moon rises and sets = It means a day soon.

At that time, people already knew that the moon was going around the earth.

In other words, Kepler is asking people these questions through this story.

Our belief that the Earth is the center of the universe…

Isn’t it as wrong as the people of the moon believe that the moon is the center?

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Kepler attended the Frankfurt International Book Fair with his papers and novel manuscripts.

Other participants at the exhibition knew the reputation of Kepler, the imperial mathematician and renowned astronomer of the Holy Roman Empire.

They were well-informed enough to understand his novel.

But somewhere, things went wrong.

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As the content of the novel Dream spread to the public, the story changed in many forms.

By 1615, it had reached the ears of those who did not read books and those who did not know what to write.

The story of the mutilated nature leaving nothing but a shell reached Kepler’s small home town.

The villagers could not understand the science and symbolic allegorical skills contained in .

The people who heard the story over their shoulders were Kepler, the imperial mathematician produced by their village.

I equated the astronomer exploring the moon in the novel.

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Furthermore, Kepler’s mother was identified with the astronomer’s mother in Dream.

The mother in the story summons the spirit as a herbalist to help her son sail to the moon.

Kepler’s mother was also actually a herbalist.

a myth-hungry little country town

Kepler’s mother, who had been at odds with the villagers for her bad personality.

Mother’s magic in the rumoured story.

And the malicious speculation that the son first described his mother as a witch in his story coincided.

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Kepler’s mother is accused of being a witch.

In Europe, tens of thousands of women were tried as witches.

In fact, even in Kepler’s less populated hometown,

A few weeks before her mother was accused of being a witch, six women were burned at the stake.

From the moment I heard that my mother was accused of being a witch,

Kepler devoted himself to his mother’s witch trials, which lasted six years.

Eventually, her mother dies while in prison.

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For the rest of his life, Kepler clings to annotating Dreams.

Each sentence accurately explains the scientific basis for the symbols and metaphors of the story.

It was to completely seal off the room for superstition.

As a result, 223 footnotes equivalent to the text were run in .

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