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  1. Newsgroups: sci.astro
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!walter!att-out!pacbell.com!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!vdoe386!ghasting
  3. From: ghasting@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (George Hastings)
  4. Subject: Re: Kepler's Mom Not Burned...
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov16.180901.18089@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>
  6. Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
  7. References: <stone.721334960@cwis>
  8. Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 18:09:01 GMT
  9. Lines: 16
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  11. stone@cwis.unomaha.edu  writes:
  12. > It is absolutely correct that Old Lady Kepler was spared an
  13. > appearance at the local Sizzler, due in large to the "hated
  14. > mathematicus, Johannes Kepler";
  15.  
  16.      Great-great-great-great-great grandpa really had a GIANT
  17. headache trying to keep her out of the clutches of the
  18. witch-burners!
  19.      HIS beliefs on astrology, numerology, and the music of the
  20. spheres were enough to get him burned at the stake by today's
  21. scientific community standards, but then again, he had this
  22. really SLICK IDEA ABOUT ORBITS!         8-)
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