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NOTES ON THE CONCEPT OF FORCE IN KEPLER
NOTES ON THE CONCEPT OF FORCE IN KEPLER

Author(s): Raffaele Pisano, Paolo Bussotti
Subject(s): History, History of ideas
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: Kepler; Concept of force; Astronomy; Planetary systems; Gravitation; Magnetism; Theory of light;
Summary/Abstract: In this paper we present some historical and epistemological Notės to trace a general picture of the concept of force in Kepler with the aim to provide: a) conceptual bases of Keplerian notion of force; b) a stimulus to the Kepler Forschung as to this concept.