Kepler
I believe that Kepler contribute order in a time of disorder and chaos.
Before
Kepler’s theory was excepted, everybody believed that God
controlled
everything and earth is the center of the universe. People at the
time were very
superstitious, they believed in witches. They were very
religious as well; they
didn’t want to accept anything but God. I think there
was chaos because
everybody was confused. No one knew the truth of universe
and there were many
religious wars at the time. Kepler had different views of
the world then others
because he was a scientist and an astronomer. I noticed
that in the play " A
Short History of Night" Kepler mentioned few times
that things happen
according to angles, geometry. That shows how he was very
different from others.
He didn’t agree with the church. He was against
what church said and he
convinced the others that religion wasn’t everything
and God doesn’t make
everything happen. He spent all his life to prove that
his theory and at the end
he proved that the planets revolve by itself on
axis. Which practically proved
that church is wrong and that took away some
of the powers and belief from the
church. This play made me realized how it
was in time of chaos. I noticed from
beginning of play to end of the play
there were many religious wars and battles.
And also how religious people
were at the time. There were witch hunters and
witches were badly tortured
and hunters accused even innocent girls and women
and burnt them.