No Ethan, Kepler did not change his mind!

Ethan Siegel is a big hitter under the Internet science explainers and popularisers, under the brand, Starts with a Bang. This started many years ago as a blog and has now been part of the Big Think website for many years. His style is brash and egotistical but well written and informative. Ethan is a scientist and not a historian but like far too many scientists he think being a scientist qualifies him to write about the history of science without doing the necessary in depth research. His latest offering is an update from something he first published in 2022; it is titled: Johannes Kepler, not Newton or Einstein, is science’s best role model, subtitle: When people choose the greatest scientist of all, Newton and Einstein always come up. Here’s why the should pick Johannes Kepler instead: KEY TAKEAWAYS The annals of history are filled with scientists who had incredible, revolutionary ideas, sought out and found the evidence to support them, and initiated a scientific revolution. But…