Michael Möstlin

by AdamStanislav - uploaded on July 6, 2016, 3:59 pm

“Michael Maestlin (also Mästlin, Möstlin, or Moestlin) (30 September 1550, Göppingen – 20 October 1631, Tübingen) was a German astronomer and mathematician, known for being the mentor of Johannes Kepler.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Maestlin

Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio describes this image thus: “Michael Maestlin, first to publish a decimal approximation of the golden ratio, in 1597”

The graphic itself shows his name as Michael Mœstlinus, Latin for the German Michael Möstlin, hence the title.

Tags: 1597 16th Century 17th Century German Göppingen Kepler Maestlin Michael Moestlin Mästlin Möstlin Tübingen astronomer golden ratio mathematician mentor
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