In the 1930s and 1940s, Koyré, and a number of others in the first generation of professional historians of science, described the "Scientific Revolution" as the central event in the history of science, and Kepler as a (perhaps the) central figure in the revolution.
I 1930'erne og 1940'erne beskrev Koyré, og en række andre i den første generation af professionelle videnskabshistorikere, den "videnskabelige revolution" som den centrale begivenhed i videnskabens historie, og Kepler som en central figur i revolutionen.