Harmonices Mundi

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book treatise

Harmonices Mundi is Johannes Kepler’s 1619 treatise in which he explores the mathematical harmony of the cosmos and formulates his third law of planetary motion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
aimsTo unify geometry, music, and astronomy ⓘ
author Johannes Kepler ⓘ
bookNumber V ⓘ
centralConcept music of the spheres ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 17th century ⓘ
contains Kepler’s laws of planetary motion ⓘ
surface form: Kepler's third law of planetary motion
cosmologicalModel heliocentric system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
explores Platonic solids ⓘ
consonance and dissonance in music ⓘ
harmonies among planetary orbits ⓘ
regular polygons ⓘ
relationships between geometry and music ⓘ
field history of astronomy ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
focusesOn mathematical harmony of the cosmos ⓘ
follows Astronomia nova ⓘ
surface form: Astronomia Nova
formulates Kepler’s laws of planetary motion ⓘ
surface form: Kepler's third law of planetary motion
hasGenre mathematical treatise ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
scientific literature ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation for later celestial mechanics ⓘ
major work in the Scientific Revolution ⓘ
influencedBy Copernican heliocentrism ⓘ
Platonic philosophy ⓘ
Pythagoreanism ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
placeInKeplerOeuvre mature synthesis of Kepler's cosmological ideas ⓘ
precedes Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae ⓘ
publicationYear 1619 ⓘ
relatedWork Astronomia nova ⓘ
surface form: Astronomia Nova

Mysterium Cosmographicum ⓘ
structure five books ⓘ
subject Kepler’s laws of planetary motion ⓘ
surface form: Kepler's laws of planetary motion

astronomy ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
geometrical figures ⓘ
harmonic proportions ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
philosophy of nature ⓘ
planetary motion ⓘ
thirdLawStatement The square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit ⓘ
title Harmonices Mundi self-link ⓘ
translatedTitle Harmonices Mundi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Harmony of the World

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Johannes Kepler → notableWork → Harmonices Mundi ⓘ
Astronomia nova → precedes → Harmonices Mundi ⓘ
Harmonices Mundi → title → Harmonices Mundi self-link ⓘ
Harmonices Mundi → translatedTitle → Harmonices Mundi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Harmony of the World