Johannes Kepler: God’s Mathematician

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  • @seanfeeney3790
    @seanfeeney3790 5 років тому +217

    Brahe’s mustache deserves a Nobel.

    • @bobbyfeatherstone2834
      @bobbyfeatherstone2834 5 років тому +1

      Following a sword fight , he had a nose of solid silver!

    • @garrysekelli6776
      @garrysekelli6776 5 років тому +5

      Nobel deserves a Brahe.

    • @shebbs1
      @shebbs1 5 років тому

      It was pretty impressive!

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 5 років тому +1

      @@bobbyfeatherstone2834 Which he swapped with one made of gold whenever he went to a party.
      True story.

    • @gregoryturner9530
      @gregoryturner9530 3 роки тому +1

      Tycho Brahe: Proof that nerds can be Chad bros too

  • @johnstevenson9956
    @johnstevenson9956 5 років тому +463

    His most impressive accomplishment to me, defending his mother. How often does a person convince a superstitious group of people that reasoning and logic are valid?

    • @spaceycaveco.698
      @spaceycaveco.698 5 років тому +27

      It sounds like a great climax to a movie about him. For once, there’d be a happy ending that’s true!

    • @stevenwilliams1805
      @stevenwilliams1805 4 роки тому +3

      Word

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 4 роки тому +18

      That’s incredible. Because witchcraft accusations are so notoriously based on circular reasoning, which simply ignores any attempt at refutation.

    • @devenscience8894
      @devenscience8894 4 роки тому +21

      His most impressive accomplishment to me, the fact that he put Tycho Brahe's name boldly on his work (12:58), giving the dead man full credit for his previous observations. How many in those circumstances would have just absorbed the credit into their own work?

    • @viccigates3756
      @viccigates3756 4 роки тому +4

      About as often as people who know God convince an atheist that spiritual pursuits are also valid.

  • @acetate909
    @acetate909 5 років тому +108

    Kepler was also an enthusiastically colorful writer. His infinitely curious nature is reflected in his prose. The essays that he wrote about snowflakes are a worth reading.

    • @samueluloko3794
      @samueluloko3794 2 роки тому +1

      His discoveries about planetary motion and the Kepler's laws revolutionized Science

  • @rationallyruby
    @rationallyruby 3 роки тому +34

    I had an ancestor, specifically my 13th great grand father named Robert Glover who was known as “The Martyr” of Eton and Kings College who was burnt at the stake for heresy in 1555. He was killed during this time for being a Protestant and refused to convert to Catholicism. This is the same Reformation that Simon is talking about. Just thought I’d share!

    • @saxogatley1166
      @saxogatley1166 Рік тому

      I would be amazed if western audiences didn’t know what the Reformation was

  • @NephewNeptune
    @NephewNeptune 5 років тому +62

    More philosophers/scientists/and mathematician videos please. Its like learning about 2 or 3 things at once. Thank You Simon!

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 2 роки тому

      No doubt as soon as he can plagiarize more material ( based on the researches of others ) he will upload more stuff like this ..?
      Anyone with enough time on their
      hands could do the same !!

    • @ItsSupercat94
      @ItsSupercat94 2 роки тому +1

      @@2msvalkyrie529 ok? But I want to watch a video about it not read a bunch of wiki articles.

    • @Dark0neone
      @Dark0neone День тому

      @@2msvalkyrie529 acting like demonstrators aren't useful to science is like saying the pyramids were built by aliens.

  • @idjles
    @idjles 5 років тому +38

    Simon, you did such a beautiful job with Kepler’s story. Thank you, it moved me to tears.

    • @dakotahmartin2584
      @dakotahmartin2584 5 років тому +2

      Carl Sagan episode for me. Just started keppler

  • @notation254
    @notation254 2 роки тому +42

    Kepler is one of my favorite people of science. The laws of planetary motion still amaze me, especially that he figured them out so long ago... a true genius of his time.

    • @PhilFogle
      @PhilFogle 2 роки тому +3

      The heavenly twins; Kepler and Galileo...

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 4 роки тому +31

    1:30 - Chapter 1 - Children of the revolutions
    4:25 - Chapter 2 - The road to prague
    8:20 - Mid roll ads
    9:35 - Chapter 3 - The court of the golem
    13:25 - Chapter 4 - The religious problem
    17:20 - Chapter 5 - War & witchcraft
    21:10 - Chapter 6 - Into eternity

    • @ryantaylor1142
      @ryantaylor1142 2 роки тому

      Ty

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 2 роки тому

      @@ryantaylor1142 THE CLEAR AND BALANCED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS E=MC2:
      ON BALANCE, c squared CLEARLY represents one dimensional SPACE. BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE is fundamental. Carefully consider what is THE EARTH/ground ON BALANCE. Consider TIME (AND time dilation) ON BALANCE !! E=mc2 is CLEARLY consistent with the fourth dimension AND the term c4 from Einstein's field equations AS what is the BALANCED MIDDLE DISTANCE in/of SPACE. Indeed, what is a TWO dimensional surface OR SPACE ON BALANCE is CLEARLY fundamental (ON BALANCE). Consider invisible AND VISIBLE SPACE in fundamental equilibrium AND BALANCE, AS the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky ON BALANCE; AND consider what is the speed of light (c) ON BALANCE. E=mc2 IS F=ma. GREAT. (Carefully consider what is THE EYE ON BALANCE.) ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY (AND necessarily) proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE). I have mathematically proven how and why the rotation of WHAT IS THE MOON matches it's revolution. Witness what is the blue sky ON BALANCE, as the tides are CLEARLY and necessarily proven to be electroMAGNETIC/gravitational ON BALANCE !! I have explained the cosmological redshift, AND I have proven why THE PLANETS move away very, very, very, very slightly in relation to WHAT IS the Sun ON BALANCE !!!! GREAT. Everything has to be fully AND CLEARLY defined and understood. I have mathematically unified physics/physical experience.
      By Frank DiMeglio

  • @devenscience8894
    @devenscience8894 4 роки тому +15

    Notice at 12:58 that he gives Tycho Brahe his due credit for building on his observations. How many would have just absorbed the data into their own work, without the shout out? That's class.

  • @drakenovy1038
    @drakenovy1038 5 років тому +36

    On my grandma's mothers side of the family they are the Keplers and a DNA test helped us learn we're the same Keplers, watched this learn more about my ancestor.

    • @InspiredFortunes
      @InspiredFortunes 2 роки тому +6

      so what scientific breakthroughs have you and your DNA exactly provided us so far?

    • @n1ppe
      @n1ppe 2 роки тому +1

      @@InspiredFortunes what?

    • @sarahcarter9459
      @sarahcarter9459 2 роки тому +1

      @@InspiredFortunes They literally just said they were related to Kepler?

    • @-.-.11
      @-.-.11 Рік тому

      Okay, sure…. 😂 It was a good effort

  • @bekluwe
    @bekluwe 4 роки тому +9

    He was a friend of an other German astronomer. His friend was Wilhelm Schickard, which invented the first mechanical calculator in 1623 also known as computer.

  • @romanwolf0072
    @romanwolf0072 5 років тому +77

    Okay, you convinced me, lets get a video on the 30 Years War.

    • @SCSilk
      @SCSilk 5 років тому +2

      And we don’t care if it’s 30 years long.

    • @state_song_xprt
      @state_song_xprt 4 роки тому

      Plenty of youtube channels have done videos on the Thirty Years War. It's kind of a big deal.

  • @artkoenig9434
    @artkoenig9434 4 роки тому +10

    Thank you for a witty encapsulation of a historical period which deserves better coverage. Kepler was one of the giants on whose shoulders Newton was able to stand.

  • @dovbarleib3256
    @dovbarleib3256 4 роки тому +70

    Tycho Brahe, the greatest observational astronomer in history, was able to pass on his work to one of the greatest theoretical astrophysicists in history. What are the odds that that could have happened by chance or luck?
    And he was given an opportunity to spend one full year of his life honoring his mother.

    • @kingfrenchy1789
      @kingfrenchy1789 3 роки тому +3

      That’s exactly how life works, pure chance. Just like Michael maestin exposing Kepler to Copernicus

    • @randomprojectsusa5196
      @randomprojectsusa5196 3 роки тому +1

      Tycho BRAH

    • @yellowlightingbolt
      @yellowlightingbolt 3 роки тому +3

      "Let me believe that I have not lived in vain'' repeated Tycho again and again the night he died.

  • @mariethemagnificent2000
    @mariethemagnificent2000 5 років тому +4

    Fascinating. What a true genius who questioned all and looked for answers.

  • @j.d.snyder4466
    @j.d.snyder4466 2 роки тому +8

    This was a phenomenal presentation! I learned a great deal of new info, particularly Kepler's historical context. We should have an international holiday celebrating his birth and genius. A most honorable man.

  • @archstanton6102
    @archstanton6102 5 років тому +458

    Need him to explain to my ex that she isn't the centre of the universe

    • @lenny5774
      @lenny5774 5 років тому +16

      are we each not the center of our own universe?

    • @EarthForces
      @EarthForces 5 років тому +15

      They are called ex for a reason. Like the X mark in a test. They are the wrong one.

    • @DinsdalePiranha67
      @DinsdalePiranha67 5 років тому +4

      Ditto for one of my subordinates at work.

    • @sandrastreifel6452
      @sandrastreifel6452 5 років тому +1

      Mine still has never been wrong, all his life :)

    • @Manuel-gu9ls
      @Manuel-gu9ls 5 років тому +1

      EarthForces bravo 👏 that so cliché

  • @alfyryan6949
    @alfyryan6949 5 років тому +99

    "a lustful twinkle in his father's eye".
    Brilliant metaphor.

  • @Asher0208
    @Asher0208 5 років тому +25

    Thank you so much for doing this biography of Johannes Kepler. He is a someone who I admire deeply and respect.
    Too often he is pushed out of the way by people wanting to talk about Copernicus and Galileo. Yet his work is just as important if not more so than either of these stars.
    That he achieved so much in a hostile environment is inspiring.
    That he did so much without the support of like minded colleagues is amazing.
    That he could see God's hand working through the motions of the planets in illuminating.
    The breadth and depth of his ideas astonishing
    Thanks again for the biography of this scientific hero.

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 2 роки тому

      Why thank him ?!? This material has all been plagiarized from the researches of others. ! ! Simon knows zilch about Science.!!

    • @Asher0208
      @Asher0208 2 роки тому

      ​@@2msvalkyrie529 Why thank him? Because he brought to his listeners attention someone who I admire deeply and respect. Kepler is a man who is often forgotten in the rush to praise others like Galileo and Newton, yet is arguably as important as both. The fact that Simon and ect used second and third hand resources does not diminish my thanks for their show.
      Bye the way, what is your impression of Kepler?

  • @samlamprecht6686
    @samlamprecht6686 5 років тому +4

    Bro every time we learn something in world history a week later one of your videos pops up about what we learned about. Love it

  • @geoffmarcy677
    @geoffmarcy677 5 років тому +4

    What a brilliant tapestry of the complex times Kepler navigated. The witch hunts and irrational wars Kepler endured may be inspirational to many of us today.

  • @VV6385
    @VV6385 3 роки тому +16

    I love the way how science and Christianity go together. Also other scientists like Hugh, Ross Faz, Hutchinson, Lennox etc. are a good example of this.

    • @husky29xp44
      @husky29xp44 2 роки тому +2

      Because the Bible itself is actually scientific when you start examine it, and there are even scientists who testify of their scientific discoveries just by reading the Bible and find stuff out of it

    • @UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana
      @UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana 2 роки тому

      @@husky29xp44 Really? This seems as if it would be common knowledge if true because of Christian evangelism.

    • @husky29xp44
      @husky29xp44 2 роки тому +1

      Search the Book, and check it out yourself, get a King James 1611 Bible out of a dime store, and start reading it backward and forward if you don’t believe me

    • @UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana
      @UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana 2 роки тому

      @@husky29xp44 Why do I have to find anything with such a large clergy trying to convert me? What are they paid for?

    • @husky29xp44
      @husky29xp44 2 роки тому +1

      I’m not your typical Catholic or Jehovah witness or Mormon wanting you to paid us for your salvation, I’m your friend, and so is Jesus: because God loves you enough my friend, that he sent his only Son, Jesus Christ, enable to die on the cross in exchange for you for your sins, was buried, then rose again three days later. So that if ONLY you’ll BELIEVE on that wonderful truth alone, so then you are save for Heaven my friend! Salvation is a free gift! As salvation cannot be earn through your own self righteousness and good deeds, go to church, be baptize, and all of that. As all that salvation need is putting your FAITH on the Lord Jesus Christ, and nothing else.
      God bless your day ❤️

  • @registeelix
    @registeelix 5 років тому +164

    I like learning about mathematicians and scientists such as Kepler. I would also like learning about Simon Whistler's life. That's be great.

    • @TheGreatPurpleFerret
      @TheGreatPurpleFerret 5 років тому +33

      6am-12pm writing 138 channels of content. 12pm-8pm recording 138 channels of content. 8pm-8:01pm food 8:01-12am managing social media content 12am-3:30am defending Prague from the Russians. 3:30am-4am worshipping the devil 4am-6am sleep

    • @EvanRustMakes
      @EvanRustMakes 5 років тому +4

      @@TheGreatPurpleFerret He has writers and producers, he's not a one-man band. If you actually bothered to look at the credits you would know this.

    • @vicer77
      @vicer77 5 років тому +13

      @@EvanRustMakes I think you totally missed the point hahaha

    • @TheGreatPurpleFerret
      @TheGreatPurpleFerret 5 років тому +19

      @@EvanRustMakes if you actually thought this was in any way serious I genuinely don't know what to tell you. Seek help? It's really not safe to live in the human world and not be able to understand satire. You'll wind up reacting to something fake in a way that has an extreme negative effect on your life.

    • @Aura96968
      @Aura96968 5 років тому +2

      @@TheGreatPurpleFerret lols

  • @joshperez3194
    @joshperez3194 4 роки тому +1

    My favorite channel that provides relevant info in a elegant and straightforward manner.

  • @horizonbrave1533
    @horizonbrave1533 4 роки тому +9

    He saved his freaking mother with science?? How is this not more well known..that is awesome...

    • @shailmurtaza9082
      @shailmurtaza9082 5 місяців тому

      Not with science exactly, but with logical reasoning.

  • @StraboSE
    @StraboSE 5 років тому +8

    I would love to see a documentary on Albert the Great, he was another early figure who seemed to have one foot in theology and the other in science. He was also the mentor of Thomas Aquinas one of the most important philosophers in history. He was also involved in the very beginning of the university system in Padua, Paris and Cologne. The occult world also has many theories of him, such as he was the philosopher in "Philosopher's Stone"

    • @wcropp1
      @wcropp1 5 років тому

      Agreed...this would be awesome 👍 though he may be a bit hard to find accurate information on...

  • @BruceYammosk
    @BruceYammosk 5 років тому +234

    Everyone: God did it
    Kepler's 10,000IQ: How did God do it?

    • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
      @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 5 років тому +9

      Knowing the WHY is not as important as knowing the WHY OF THE WHY.

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 5 років тому +5

      CHIPMUNK RAPIDS MADMAN
      Don’t overthink. Let Thomas Kuhn, the scientific philosopher, handle the “why of the why” situation.

    • @aprado17
      @aprado17 5 років тому +5

      CHIPMUNK RAPIDS MADMAN ‘why’ is a nonsensical question in physics.

    • @Shylade
      @Shylade 5 років тому +4

      I see your point.. the religious thinking the answer to everything was god did it and the end. Kepler was like ummm yeah but how? Today we learned there is no why. Universe is a bitch.

    • @bradcupitt5314
      @bradcupitt5314 5 років тому +2

      More like Kepler is like..there is answer for everything while the rest of the world believes in the fairy man in the sky

  • @raymondwalters3417
    @raymondwalters3417 5 років тому +81

    You completely and totally misunderstood Keplers meaning of Gods Architecture, he wasn't saying god didn't do it, he's saying this is how god does it. hes affirming his faith by observing the orderly and fractal nature of the universe

    • @calleb1594
      @calleb1594 5 років тому +14

      EmperorJuliusCaesar the cultists ?
      If Keepler was an Athiest how would he ever got the Idea to study how the universe that was not designed was designed ?
      Bye the way you know that most scientist are religious rigth ? For an example just look at noble prizes.
      The only noble price catagory were Athiest are overepresented is litterature.

    • @PetrSojnek
      @PetrSojnek 5 років тому +5

      @EmperorJuliusCaesar Do you actually have any kind of facts to support your claim, or you only spread opposite propaganda? I'm not saying you're wrong, but religion nowadays doesn't really cross swords with science. Well it does.... for masses that don't understand either really :D

    • @sandrastreifel6452
      @sandrastreifel6452 5 років тому +4

      EmperorJuliusCaesar: Atheism, and secularism generally, are far more common in every developed country, other than the USA. Atheism isn’t necessary to be a scientist, and religion and science usually coexist rather well.

    • @VincentGonzalezVeg
      @VincentGonzalezVeg 5 років тому +2

      its sorta like how im secular but find that looking into the structure of the universe, on the scale of myself
      smaller, and astronomically larger
      to be a holy venture
      the enjoyment of the universe and its expressions
      like us beings that record ourself, the universe

    • @Extremeredfox
      @Extremeredfox 5 років тому +8

      @EmperorJuliusCaesar Raymond Walters clearly explained that Kepler was claiming how God did it, which in Biblical teaching isn't at all anti-Christian. In fact such inquiry is encourage biblically, but please do go on with your cult level zeal of how religious people are the worst. Lol, Pot meet Kettle.

  • @dukecity7688
    @dukecity7688 4 роки тому +4

    Excellent. I love this channel. Simon, I wish i could put into words how much i appreciate what you do. I wish i could 'smash' that thumbs up twice.

  • @donsandsii4642
    @donsandsii4642 2 роки тому +2

    It's the people we don't know that moved the legends to greatness

  • @IntheClutch75
    @IntheClutch75 4 роки тому +4

    Man, I had no idea this guy would be so interesting. Somebody should make a movie about him saving his mother with science.

  • @tacklecentralfishing1051
    @tacklecentralfishing1051 5 років тому +25

    You should do a video on Johannes Gutenberg the guy who invented the printing press.

    • @bekluwe
      @bekluwe 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah, there are so many other German scientists which are worthy mentioned.

    • @jessaguilar4747
      @jessaguilar4747 4 роки тому +1

      Yes!!!!! I’ve been trying to think of someone I want to watch this channel cover. Johannes Gutenberg would be excellent!!!

    • @SageCog801-zl1ue
      @SageCog801-zl1ue 11 місяців тому

      The first printing press in the world was in Antwerp.

  • @WildStar2002
    @WildStar2002 5 років тому +10

    Brilliant! Loved it! Kepler has long been one of my favorite, most admired historical figures! Thanks, Simon, for doing a "Biographics" on him! :-)

  • @pietervandermerwe4235
    @pietervandermerwe4235 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you Very informative and well researched

  • @steel8231
    @steel8231 4 роки тому +1

    There were some factions of Christianity at the time that supported the heliocentric model on the grounds that God was the center of the universe, not man. The big problem was that they were not in the HRE, and not in positions of political power.

  • @EarthForces
    @EarthForces 5 років тому +29

    My only critique of this video is that Kepler in implication uses "God did it" as a means to put his scientific discoveries to be more palatable and something to be done considering the time period. No that is not the case, he actually does believe in the idea that only a God of order could make his discoveries possible. This type of slanting really irks me because it creates the notion Kepler is just accommodating to the people of the time when the fact Kepler is a genius and continually affirms theistic belief in every scientific work that he did irregardless of a specific religious belief.
    Addendum: He did point this out in the last part of the video. It does make a great case that being scientific does not necessarily make one less religious or spiritual.

    • @EarthForces
      @EarthForces 5 років тому +4

      @EmperorJuliusCaesar He had the conviction regardless of the "cultists" you speak of. The notion religious people are anti-science is a cancer that keeps on living because guillible fools believe on that notion as some of those who are religious or spiritual are unreasonably superstitious.
      Now man of "science", answer me this question. What is the origin of information?

    • @thejasonknightfiascoband5099
      @thejasonknightfiascoband5099 5 років тому +1

      @@EarthForces Just curious and idk why but do you personally think that your boy Kepler is in Heaven @ this moment?

    • @EarthForces
      @EarthForces 5 років тому +1

      @@thejasonknightfiascoband5099 its not Judgement Day yet. The final verdict is not yet set. Read the Revelations about that.

    • @thejasonknightfiascoband5099
      @thejasonknightfiascoband5099 5 років тому

      @@EarthForces ok. Yeah I hear what you're saying. I'm very surprised that Judgement day doesn't come up more often. Most people I encounter always omit that part and talk as if you're immediately judged @ the moment of death and then you get the verdict and then.. hopefully guitars are available whenever u go. I kinda went through Revelations before but I found it difficult to conceptualize what exactly is going on there. Maybe b/c I've never seen a dragon @ a shore w/ a few crowns on his horns. Too bad illustrations weren't provided. I definitely sensed the depth & gravity within the verses though.

    • @EarthForces
      @EarthForces 5 років тому +2

      @@thejasonknightfiascoband5099 most of the stated entities are symbolic. Like the whore of Babylon as the symbol for all false belief systems as stated in Revelations. My mentor helped me a lot in understanding this.

  • @francisfischer7620
    @francisfischer7620 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutely fascinating! Thank you for continuing my education. You're a natural teacher.

  • @philipbooth8076
    @philipbooth8076 3 роки тому +2

    I think it is worth finding out more about Kepler's theology be interesting to see how this played into his thinking.

  • @Yo-Me
    @Yo-Me 4 роки тому +7

    Kepler was so good at what he does that i'm pretty sure he would have discovered how to walk on water if he just lived long enough.

  • @cohagan109
    @cohagan109 2 роки тому +2

    Simon,
    you should do a biographics on Simon Whistler. Im sure it would get a ton of views and seeing you do a biographics on your self in the third person would be awesome haha

  • @KathiWildo
    @KathiWildo 5 років тому +6

    Kepler has always been my favourite scientist.

  • @vivekgovekar6342
    @vivekgovekar6342 3 роки тому +3

    You are the man Simon! Many thanks for all your videos 🙏🏾

  • @icatz
    @icatz 5 років тому +3

    These guys were simply amazing. Thanks for this bio.

  • @WolfricLupus
    @WolfricLupus 4 роки тому +4

    That was really cool. Please do more about the great scientists. Robert Hooke, through Humphry Davy
    , Tesla, etc.

  • @willparker9874
    @willparker9874 5 років тому +31

    Brahe was so nutty, you have to do a video on him 😂

  • @harrisongoode3554
    @harrisongoode3554 5 років тому +7

    You should do an episode on John Dee. His tale and exploits are absolutely fascinating! One of history's biggest badasses.

  • @bearlith5405
    @bearlith5405 4 роки тому +2

    Really enjoyed this, thank you.

  • @BobbyIronsights
    @BobbyIronsights 4 роки тому +1

    I think it's important to point out that Kepler's conjecture wasn't proved by a math genius but instead by the method of exhaustion (trial and error) and the brute force of powerful computers.

  • @tiemiahu9947
    @tiemiahu9947 2 роки тому +1

    That was cool bro, I like your style, some awesome history there, what a good way to learn! Very entertaining, I'm subscribing...

  • @larrywelchko6136
    @larrywelchko6136 4 роки тому +1

    Love your videos keep up the good work

  • @mr88cet
    @mr88cet 4 роки тому +2

    Excellent biography especially in terms of the events around Kepler’s life!
    Carl Sagan’s biography of Kepler, within his landmark Cosmos series, is an excellent companion to this biography. Not surprisingly, it expounds upon Kepler’s belief that the heavens were supported by nested regular, “Platonic” polyhedra, and his brave acceptance of the facts that disproved that “theory.”

  • @madspetersen1708
    @madspetersen1708 2 роки тому +1

    11:39 Kepler discovers a “new” star. The idea of calling a supernova a “new” star he had from his mentor, Tycho Brahe who discovered one in 1572

  • @marcscordato4385
    @marcscordato4385 5 років тому +10

    True science and theology work perfectly together In modern times they are at odds with each other but this is not how great scientists of old saw it .

    • @SunbeanCat
      @SunbeanCat 5 років тому +2

      Pure science and theology always will go hand in hand with eachother no matter what time it is. It is when science becomes wishful thinking or religion of their own, that is when they split. Pure science will always explain how creator formed this universe and never go against intelligent design.

    • @zerobyte802
      @zerobyte802 4 роки тому

      Science is in the business of answering the question, ‘how.’
      Religion deals in ‘why.’

    • @barneymiller7894
      @barneymiller7894 4 роки тому

      Im an athiest myself but I never understood the science vs religion thing. As more things about the physical world become provable scientifically, simply denying them seems really illogical. It seems that the logical conclusion would be "Ok, these processes are provable by natural laws, and effect the world around me, these must be the tools of God. How cool that he's given us the insight to see his amazing work and whatnot."

  • @1chabod
    @1chabod 5 років тому +3

    Keep the sponsors to the beginning of the video or before the bonus facts. We, your audience understand your need for sponsors, but most agree that it's your best format.

  • @rexadebayo3380
    @rexadebayo3380 5 років тому +4

    Always had something close to awe for the scientist of this time, Kepler was a wonder!

  • @unicornsunglasses1011
    @unicornsunglasses1011 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much, this was incredibly insightful (as usual) and really helped my understanding of this man.

  • @DahliaAsmr143
    @DahliaAsmr143 3 роки тому +8

    Not me looking up the Kpop group and ending here instead 💀

  • @Bladingmom
    @Bladingmom 5 років тому +2

    Thanks on the video on Keplar! Do you have one on Brahe?

    • @QqJcrsStbt
      @QqJcrsStbt 4 роки тому

      Get a copy of the sleepwalkers by Arthur Koestler, all of the early math/astronomers threaded onto one story thread.

  • @davidsimpson7632
    @davidsimpson7632 5 років тому +1

    Love your channel

  • @olengagallardo8551
    @olengagallardo8551 3 роки тому +1

    Kepler ddnt walk away from his destiny,he WALKED IN IT! Together with Galileo and Tycho were the 3greatest men alive in that time, greater than all the kings,generals and bishops put together.

  • @otiebrown9999
    @otiebrown9999 3 місяці тому +1

    Incredible.
    First camera eye!

  • @otiebrown9999
    @otiebrown9999 5 років тому +7

    My Hero - no doubt.
    Wrote the first eye theory, of optics.

  • @williammorris6748
    @williammorris6748 4 роки тому +1

    Outstanding. Thanks for summarizing the life of my favorite Astronomer of all time.

  • @gavin5260
    @gavin5260 2 роки тому +1

    fun fact: today at dinner i was talking to my dad about the planet kepler 80 a exoplanet that i love or it was kepler 22 b i don’t remeber exactly but i remeber my dad talking about how kepler is actually my great great x 5 grandpa so i am related to him and i actually love astronomy which is really cool!

  • @japeking1
    @japeking1 5 років тому +2

    Thank you....Kepler has always seemed to be the ultimate good guy...perhaps alongside Faraday?

  • @gabbyscamardo
    @gabbyscamardo 5 років тому +3

    Happy Thanksgiving week!

    • @SCSilk
      @SCSilk 5 років тому

      Steve Mclean you must hate next week.
      Simon, on the other hand, isn’t American.

    • @SCSilk
      @SCSilk 5 років тому

      Steve Mclean if you speak turkey, I’m impressed.

  • @rabbi120348
    @rabbi120348 5 років тому +2

    Interesting that it was Mercury that proved Kepler right. Three hundred years later, Einstein's General Relativity was vindicated by explaining successfully a anomalous 4 seconds of arc per century in the precession of the orbit of Mercury, that could not be explained by Newton's law of gravity.

  • @thevoid4060
    @thevoid4060 5 років тому

    Yo simon here's some ideas in case you boys ever run short. Keep up your good work
    Tom Waits: The Rusty Golden voice
    George Carlin: The King of Sting
    Shigeru Miyamoto: Crafter of Childhoods
    Cher Ami: WWI's Great Hero
    The Wright Brothers: Fathers of Flight
    George Orwell: Timeless Literature
    William Tecumseh Sherman: He Who Opened Hell in Georgia
    Shaka Zulu: Zulu Monarch
    Barnum Brown - The Dinosaur Digger
    Ludwig Von Beethoven - Immortal Music
    Simon Whistler: Road to One Million (When you guys hit 1 million subs)

  • @danielfernandogalindocanon1961
    @danielfernandogalindocanon1961 5 років тому +8

    Es la historia de una persona que hubiera podido elegir la "prudencia" e indiferencia ante lo que observaba y afortunadamente eligió explorar libremente en lo que su contexto tenía para mostrarle

  • @gohjunshan9154
    @gohjunshan9154 3 роки тому +5

    any kep1er fans here coming to know what this dude is all about?

  • @ThatDangBee
    @ThatDangBee 4 роки тому +2

    The man that solved Kepler's conjecture is also pretty interesting and probably one of the smartest individuals alive today.

  • @josephbourque1032
    @josephbourque1032 8 місяців тому

    If you look at Copernicus" drawing on the front of De Orbitum Coelestrum, he shows the orbits of the planets not as circles, but as eclipses with equal masses, viewing perfect circles not from above or below, but from an angle or tilt. Perhaps Kepler drew inspiration from this drawing to try ellipses to fit Tycho's data.

  • @marklondon9004
    @marklondon9004 2 роки тому +1

    Epic story, sir! Love your histories.

  • @santana898989
    @santana898989 5 років тому +2

    I've always heard Kepler's name, but never really knew anything about him. Thanks for your efforts.

  • @markspyrison9659
    @markspyrison9659 2 роки тому

    Great narrative; great storytelling.

  • @warriorwhacko
    @warriorwhacko 5 років тому +4

    Would like to see a biography on Tycho Brahe someday.

  • @monalisaruss9803
    @monalisaruss9803 5 років тому +10

    That was really, really interesting.

  • @PATRIOT-nt5ub
    @PATRIOT-nt5ub 5 років тому +2

    Please do a Bio on the Jews of the American Revolution.
    Haym Salomon,
    Moses Michael Hayes, etc.

  • @metalhigh0043
    @metalhigh0043 5 років тому +1

    Love biographics never miss one

  • @terriensberg5487
    @terriensberg5487 5 років тому

    Another elegant video. Thank you.

  • @AD-zo5vp
    @AD-zo5vp 4 роки тому

    Keppler didn't say the force between planets was magnetism but "like" magnetism... you know, invisible and all that. He was talking of the force of the moon creating tides and already formed the 1/r^2 expression of the gravitational force. Newton just abstracted and generalised that and defined the proportionality as masses involved times a constant.

  • @BlueArcStreaming
    @BlueArcStreaming 4 роки тому +3

    One of the Greats, Kepler and his work will be known forever. We still use his laws in astronomy.

  • @woooohooooayo
    @woooohooooayo Рік тому

    this is amazing and makes me appreciate these ancient mathematicians

  • @poopstudios8602
    @poopstudios8602 5 років тому +1

    Love these videos

  • @sophiaangelini4368
    @sophiaangelini4368 3 роки тому

    Biographics- the best program on the internet.

  • @LuisVillanuevaCubero
    @LuisVillanuevaCubero 5 років тому +1

    Great video! While on the subject of ellipses and orbits, please do a video on Hypatia of Alexandria.

  • @Nierenmeter
    @Nierenmeter 4 роки тому

    There’s a vertical thin white line in the middle of the screen between 10:56 and 11:01.

  • @nowandrew4442
    @nowandrew4442 Рік тому

    We can still learn a thing or two from Kepler. He showed that disorder is highly unlikely in the universe and if we see ourselves faed with something that seems uncontrollable, probably we're looking at it inside-out.
    E.g. Society & cultures, morals, gender roles, etc. There is a structure; it is surely not random like we still insist on believing today.

  • @hanako7822
    @hanako7822 4 роки тому +1

    Perhaps a video on Niels Bohr?

  • @GuyGadbois1
    @GuyGadbois1 4 роки тому +2

    Agree with several others: please do a bio of Tycho Brahe

  • @oziwatixmatrallix7115
    @oziwatixmatrallix7115 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for your great video's:) would you consider doing a video on Michiel de Ruyter?

  • @ztoob8898
    @ztoob8898 5 років тому

    11:25 - Your brain does not flip the retinal image right-side-up, the optic nerve does. The optic nerve has a half-twist, and the image painted on the optic center at the back of your brain is right-side-up. You can demonstrate this to yourself by gently poking the outer side of one eye with your finger. A dark spot will appear in your vision, next to the bridge of your nose--opposite the side you're poking. Now move your finger up and down, and watch the dark spot go down as your finger goes up, and vice-versa. Half-twist.

  • @PhilFogle
    @PhilFogle 2 роки тому

    Great storytelling!

  • @ipos9542
    @ipos9542 5 років тому +6

    I’d wanna see one of these on Mary Shelly, I think that would be pretty cool. :)

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 4 роки тому

      Or, you could just watch Ken Russell’s _Gothic_ , then walk around looking stunned for a couple of days.

  • @changjade2265
    @changjade2265 3 роки тому

    Thx for your sharing, my son loves all the details and way of your sharing with your light jokes

  • @jordanfalkowski6924
    @jordanfalkowski6924 2 роки тому

    a while back i was having trouble opening a can. It was a stainless steal handheld this particular one didnt have a xhurch key on a handle. It was stripping the brass gear. I almost threw it out in the yard i was so aggitated. I started thinking about the gearing design and then considered theres not much profit in making it to... commercialuxury-/\

  • @matthewperry5121
    @matthewperry5121 5 років тому

    You are great at this Simon thanks

  • @MrVvulf
    @MrVvulf 5 років тому +47

    Defenestration - we meet again my old wordy chum. Simon loves you almost as much as I do.
    Please do a bio for Michael Faraday. Another science giant with discoveries in multiple disciplines.
    Edit: Simon, you forgot to link the Highlight History channel you mentioned. Also, the link to the Geographics channel is wrong, and will take people to their own version of YT Studio.

    • @freiherroishi7605
      @freiherroishi7605 5 років тому

      You are aware that this is the event where the term 'defenestration' came from, don't you.

  • @tomjenkins1405
    @tomjenkins1405 10 місяців тому

    Well done. Thanks.

  • @nelsongonzalez4533
    @nelsongonzalez4533 2 роки тому +2

    He's someone who I deeply admire and respect 😂 for all his accomplishments in astronomy and mathematics 🤓