I used to measure the heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth. Although my mind was heaven-bound, the shadow of my body lies here.

Epitaph he composed for himself a few months before he died, as quoted by Steven G. Krantz, Brian E. Blank, Calculusː Multivariable (2006) p. 126.

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Johannes Kepler. (2023, March 24). Wikiquote. Retrieved January 14, 2024 from https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Johannes_Kepler&oldid=3272112.

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Bellatrix (stars.astro.illinois.edu) BELLATRIX (Gamma Orionis). If constellations could talk, they might well shout “unfair” at great Orion, the Hunter, one of only four constellations to have two first magnitude stars (the others Crux, the Southern Cross, Centaurus, the Centaur, and Canis Major, Orion’s Hunting Dog).

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