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intellectual races than Greeks and other Eu-
ropeans. Nobody seemed to dare to depart
from this fetish of uniform angular motion
and circular orbits until the insight, bold-
ness, and independence of Johann Kepler
opened up a new world of thought and of
intellectual delight.
While at work on the Rudolphine tables
he used the old epicycles and deferents and
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