Citation
Alternate Title(s): Harmonices mundi
Publication Location: Linz
Year: 1619
Item Location
Exhibit: Music of the Spheres
Section: Dance of the Heavens
Summary
In this work, Kepler integrated theoretical astronomy and music, showing that the motions of the planets employ the same numerical ratios as the most harmonious musical scales. Kepler’s “harmonic law” still describes how planets and stars and satellites and galaxies revolve around one another in space.