Michael Scot and the Music of the Spheres

Abstract

Herein, it is shown that Kepler’s contribution involving the “Music of the Spheres” can be traced back to Pythagoras and Ibn Arabī  through Michael Scot. We find threads linking this body of work associating  music  with astronomy leading to the modern and extensive astronomical subject of orbital resonances.  In particular,  we find that Fibonacci numbers play a significant role in this context.