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APR-27-4977 [BC] Universe Created, According To Kepler
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At present, we have no source for this event, which is why we decided to start out our research by trying to find out just who this Kepler guy was, and if he really did indeed try to calculate when exactly the Universe was created. Dave kind of knew who Kepler was and that he was some kind of scientist, but that was pretty much all he knew for sure. I'd known that much myself and also that he was into physics or had something to do with it, but sad to say, that was pretty much all I knew also. The first thing we did was head over to one of our favorite information websites, Wikipedia, for more information gathering and what we found there surprised us both. First, Johannes Kepler lived from December 27, 1571 to November 15, 1630. And what he's mostly known for, at least amongst scientist anyway, are his laws of planetary motion. Now here's the real skinny about why Kepler isn't as famous as the other two. Newton, well known, Copernicus, almost well known, Kepler, only scientist really know who he is and what he did. Why? We believe it's because Newton and Copernicus actually came up with radical new ideas, while Kepler merely took an old idea and tried to prove it was true. That's just not sexy enough for people we guess, but that's just our opinion. Anyway basicly, Copernicus postulated, and had actual hard data from his heavenly observations to back it up, that the Sun was the real center of the Solar System (Universe) and not the Earth. Kepler then proved it by formulating the laws of planetary motion, which were then used by Newton as a building block to his now infamous, like an apple falling from a tree, so go the laws of gravity. Also, it should be noted that Kepler was a very religious man, and much of his research was motivated by his desire to prove the beauty of God's creation. As good a reason as any, we think. Which brings us to the "other thing" Kepler was also known for, and that was his calculation as to when the Universe was created. It should also be noted that a Bishop (James) Ussher (1581-1656) was the next person to make this same calculation, except using some kind of hoodoo generationally fixed number around 2,223 or some such that I'm not too proud to admit (both me and Dave) are lost by Bishop Ussher's calculations and how he arrived at them. Long story short, Bishop Ussher calculated that the day the Universe was created was October 23 (22 or later 4), 4004 BC, on a Wendesday originally, but (if we remember correctly) we think it might have been changed later to a Monday. And finally, as food for thought, remember that as you're making these calculations, you also have to keep in mind what day it is you started these calculations, and not what day it is today. In other words, the day you started working on the calculations should be your baseline date, and NOT the day you finished them. For example, if your calculations came up with 5,522 years, 6 months, and 2 days, you would subtract that number from the day you started and not the day you finished your calculations. Maybe that's why they fixed the calculation later, to account for that mistake. Who's to know and who's to care. What I find interesting is both dates could theoretically be used to represent the day the first human had the first conscious thought. The ability to be consciously aware of itself and it's eventual death would separate the humans from other animals, bugs and plants forever, or at least we humans would like to think so anyway. It's a heavy thought. It's also very interesting to note the date of Kepler's Wedding Anniversary with the creation date of the Universe, although it's probably just a coincidence... FROM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler "In December 1595, Kepler was introduced to Barbara Müller, a 23-year-old widow (twice over) with a young daughter, Gemma van Dvijneveldt, and he began courting her. Müller, heiress to the estates of her late husbands, was also the daughter of a successful mill owner. Her father Jobst initially opposed a marriage despite Kepler's nobility; though he had inherited his grandfather's nobility, Kepler's poverty made him an unacceptable match. Jobst relented after Kepler completed work on Mysterium, but the engagement nearly fell apart while Kepler was away tending to the details of publication. However, church officials-who had helped set up the match-pressured the Müllers to honor their agreement. Barbara and Johannes were married on April 27, 1597.[2]" At the same time, the Council of Trent (1545 - 1563), William Shakespeare is born (1564), the Dutch revolt against Spain begins (1568), the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British Navy (1588), and the invention of the microscope and telescope (1600), all this was happening during the time Kepler lived and did his calculations. Currently, we are having a problem finding an original source for this event. It seems Dave originally got the event to fill up a "no event" day with something, anything. His original source was the "history.com" website[3], and it seems other websites use it as their only source also. The problem is that the "history.com" website[3] doesn't list a source either. All they say is that it's according to Kepler. We're even having a problem finding a book, new or old, as some kind of source for this event. It's proving to be a very tricky fact, that no one is talking (or even knows) about except the "history.com" website[3]. We're going to put this one on the backburner for a while, and get back to it after we check a couple alternate sources, including a couple brick-and-mortar bookstores and maybe a university library, or two... BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES: (4977-04-27 BC) [TOP]
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