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and
Anna
Schillings,
182
-3

attitude
towards
Lutherans,
143

influence
on
Copernicus,
142
,
144

Rheticus,
Copernicus
and
The
Revolutions
,
156
-62

Gilbert,
William,
213
,
499
,
500

Grassi,
Father
Horatio,
466
,
467
,
468
,
470
,
482

Gravity,
force of

Descartes
and,
500
,
501

Galileo
and,
499
-501

Kepler
and,
336
-40,
499
-501

Kepler's
concept
of
universe,
308
,
317

Newton's
laws,
313
,
501
-9

Grazzia,
Professor
di,
428

Greek
universe,
21
-50

Grienberger,
Father,
426
,
444
,
445
,
449
,
451
,
470

Grunau,
Simon,
139

Guicciardini,
Ambassador,
451
,
453
,
454

Guidobaldo
del
Monte,
Marchese,
355

Guiducci,
Mario,
467
,
468

Guldenmann,
Katherine
(Frau
Heinrich
Kepler),
229
,
231

Guldin,
Father,
408
,
409
,
427

Gunzenhausen,
Marius
von,
468

HALLEY,
Edmund,
502
,
508

Harmonice
Mundi
,
277

Harmony

Kepler's
interpretation
of,
389

Pythagorean
meaning
of,
29
,
31
-3

Harmony
of
the
Spheres,
26
-41,
85

basic
concepts,
29

Harmonice
Mundi
,
388
-98

importance
of
numbers
in,
31

Kepler
and
the,
246
,
255
,
277

Plato
causes
fall
of
philosophy
of,
85

Pythagorean
concept
of,
31
-3

Harmony
of
the
World
,
13
,
388
-98,
406

Harriot,
Thomas,
363
,
366
,
429

Hartman,
Georg,
133

Heilsberg
Castle,
134

Herakleides,
theory
of
universe,
45
-8

Heraklitus,
60

Herodotus,
26
,
38
-9

Herwart,
see
Hohenburg,
Herwart
von

Herz,
Heinrich,
398

Hipparchus
of
Alexandria,
13
,
66
,
69

and
the
new
star,
288

Hippasos,
40

Hitzler,
Daniel,
382
-3

Hohenburg,
Herwart
von,
279
-80,
308
,
340

Hohenzollern,
Cardinal,
472

Holywood,
John,
191

Homer,
21
,
22

Hooke,
Robert,
502

Horky,
Martin,
369
,
373
,
374
,
375

Horrocks,
Jeremiah,
504

Huygens,
Christiaan,
502
,
510

Ignatius
His
Conclave
,
214
-5

Il
Saggiatore
,
468

In
Defence
of
Tycho
against
Ursus
,
299

In
Praire
of
Prussia
,
155

Inertia,
law
of,
508

Inquisition

character
of,
484
fn.

Galileo
before
the,
483
-9

JAMES,
William,
540

James
I,
443

Jeans,
Sir
James,
531
,
532

Jepp,
293
,
295
,
302
,
303

Jessenius,
Professor,
305
,
306

Jesuit
Order

attacks
by
Galileo,
468
-71

confirms
Galileo's
discoveries,
426

influence
in
banning
the
Dialogue
,
482

support
of
Tychonic
system,
427

Jesus,
Society
of,
495
fn.

John
the
Scot,
95
,
100

Jones,
Sir
Harold
Spencer,
192

Julian
the
Apostate,
71

KANT-LAPLACE
theory,
526

Kepler,
Barbara
(Frau),
271
-4,
310
,
381

Kepler,
Christopher,
230
,
385
,
386

Kepler,
Friedrich,
381

Kepler,
Gretchen,
230

Kepler,
Heinrich,
226
,
228
,
385

character,
229

Kepler,
Heinrich
jnr.,
230

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