Kepler and the Music of the Spheres
Johannes Kepler the great astronomer thought it was not a coincidence that the number of perfect polyhedra was one less than the number of known planets. He set out to prove that the distances from the planets to the sun were given by spheres inside perfect polyhedra, all of which were nested inside each other. The smallest orbit, that of Mercury, was the innermost sphere. He thereby identified the five Platonic solids with the five intervals between the six known planets — Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; and the five classical elements.
THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
THE THEORY OF THE CELESTIAL SPHERES
Johannes Kepler And the Music of the Spheres:: www.skyscript.co.uk/kepler.html
Celestial spheres :: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_spheres
Kepler's solar system pt1:: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/K
Kepler's solar system pt2:: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kepler-solar
JOHANNES KEPLER
Johannes Kepler - Mysticism and astrology:: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler#My
Harmonia Mundi:: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/07624201
MATHEMATICAL MYSTICISM
Platonic solids:: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid
Metatron:: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metatron
OTHER ASTRONOMERS
Nicolaus Copernicus:: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus
Tycho Brahe:: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe
Galileo Galilei:: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
Isaac Newton:: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton
IMAGES OF POLYHEDRA
Kepler's polyhedra:: www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/kep
Miscellaneous German Polyhedral Art:: www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/art
Leonardo da Vinci's Polyhedra:: www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/leo
Wentzel Jamnitzer's Polyhedra:: www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/jam
Polyhedron Man: George Hart:: www.sciencenews.org/articles/20011222/bo
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