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Michael Maestlin (also Mästlin, Möstlin, or Moestlin) (30 September 1550 – 26 October 1631) was a German astronomer and mathematician, known for being the mentor of Johannes Kepler. He was a student of Philipp Apian and was known as the teacher who most influenced Kepler.
Dec 7, 2020 · Though Maestlin had crafted a traditional, non-Copernican Epitome, he responded positively to Kepler's idea of a Copernican textbook in a letter of 1616, only cautioning Kepler to tread carefully, since Copernicanism had many opponents.
- Aviva Rothman
- 2021
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Feb 1, 2012 · Maestlin prepared the publication of a revised version of the Rheticus tables. Maestlin passed his Master's examination on 1 August 1571, while he edited the third edition of Erasmus Reinhold, Prutenicae tabulae coelestium motuum (1571) at Gruppenbach's in Tübingen.
- Gerd Grasshoff
- 2012
MICHAEL MAESTLIN'S ACCOUNT OF COPERNICAN PLANETARY THEORY. ANTHONY GRAFTON. Department of History, University of Chicago. THE PUBLICATION of Kepler's Mysterium. cosmographicum (1596) was supervised by Kepler's teacher, Michael Maestlin, who added. to it an appendix on Copernican planetary theory.
…the professor of mathematics was Michael Maestlin (1550–1631), one of the most talented astronomers in Germany. Maestlin had once been a Lutheran pastor; he was also, privately, one of the few adherents of the Copernican theory in the late 16th century, although very cautious about expressing his views in print.…
Sep 30, 2015 · Michael Maestlin, a German astronomer, was born Sep. 30, 1550. Maestlin taught astronomy at the University of Tübingen, in southwestern Germany. In the 50 years that had passed since Copernicus proposed that the earth is a planet and moves around the sun...
Of all the initial factors involved in Kepler’s decision to become an advocate of the Copernican system, there is no doubt among historians that a paramount weight must be assigned to the role of his teacher of astronomy at the University of Tübingen, Michael Mästlin (1550–1631) 2.
