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Illustration from Kepler's
Mysterium Cosmographicum
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Johannes Kepler's early study of cosmography was marked by an intense desire to discover the underlying mathematical plan of the Copernican universe. This model, based on Euclid's five regular solids, appeared in his first printed work, Mysterium Cosmographicum (The Mystery of the Universe), Tubingen, 1597. From the Archives' rare book collection.
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