Kepler
by:
John Banville (author)
A historical novel based on the life and work of Johannes Kepler, the great astronomer of the 17th-century, which was winner of "The Guardian" Fiction Prize in 1981. The author also wrote "Doctor Copernicus" which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976 and "The Newton Letter".
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A historical novel based on the life and work of Johannes Kepler, the great astronomer of the 17th-century, which was winner of "The Guardian" Fiction Prize in 1981. The author also wrote "Doctor Copernicus" which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976 and "The Newton Letter".
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679743705 (0679743707)
Publish date: October 5th 1993
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Series: Revolutions Trilogy (#2)
I may have to read this a second time.
John Banville is one of my favorite writers, a leaning reinforced by his historical novel Kepler, about the 17th century mathematician & astronomer Johannes Kepler. Math and astronomy are not among my usual haunts, but Banville writes so well and so precisely, he can infuse anything with interest. P...
What I can say? It was my first Banville book and it won't be the last. We experience Kepler's Angst...
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