Johannes Kepler
born in 1571
validated Copernicus’s theory of a sun-centered solar system
helped Isaac Newton discover the law of gravity
designed the first eyeglasses for near-sightedness and far-sightedness
explained that tides are caused by the moon
the sun rotates on an axis
and was the first to calculate the year of the birth of Jesus Christ by using planetary cycles.
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