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Posted on behalf of Dr A E L Davis, Imperial College, London ("Davis, A E L" <[log in to unmask]>)
Formation of Johannes Kepler Working Group
The Johannes Kepler Working Group (JKWG) operates under the
International Astronomical Union Commission 41 (History of
Astronomy). It was initiated at the XXVIIth General Assembly of the
IAU, held in Rio de Janeiro in August 2009. (This year happened to
be the four-hundredth anniversary of the publication of Astronomia
nova). The membership of the Working Group has since been expanded
to provide a world-wide forum for discussion and an international
base for action to further Kepler scholarship.
The principal aim of the JKWG is to raise Kepler's profile among
scientists, historians of science and the public. For instance,
members of the Working Group are investigating the possibility of
digitizing the excellent modern edition of Kepler's Collected Works
published under the editorship of the Kepler Commission of the
Bavarian Academy of Sciences (Johannes Kepler gesammelte Werke,
Munich, 1937-).
A website has now been set up, whose address is:
<http://www.iac.es/project/johanneskepler>www.iac.es/project/johanneskepler
The website is currently under construction and will, we hope,
provide a source of reliable and up-to-date information about Kepler
and his work for students at all levels, as well as a platform for
publication of such material as translations of items from Kepler's
extensive correspondence.
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