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- From: ghasting@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (George Hastings)
- Subject: Re: Kepler's Mom Not Burned...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.180901.18089@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>
- Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
- References: <stone.721334960@cwis>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 18:09:01 GMT
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- stone@cwis.unomaha.edu writes:
- >
- >
- > It is absolutely correct that Old Lady Kepler was spared an
- > appearance at the local Sizzler, due in large to the "hated
- > mathematicus, Johannes Kepler";
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- Great-great-great-great-great grandpa really had a GIANT
- headache trying to keep her out of the clutches of the
- witch-burners!
- HIS beliefs on astrology, numerology, and the music of the
- spheres were enough to get him burned at the stake by today's
- scientific community standards, but then again, he had this
- really SLICK IDEA ABOUT ORBITS! 8-)
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