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Athanasius Kircher:

The Last Man Who Knew Everything
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Paula Findlen
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Routledge Chapman & Hall, 2004 - Biography & Autobiography - 465 pages
Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) -- German Jesuit, occultist, polymath - was one of most curious figures in the history of science. He dabbled in all the mysteries of his time: the heavenly bodies, sound amplification, museology, botany, Asian languages, the pyramids of Egypt -- almost anything incompletely understood. Kircher coined the term electromagnetism, printed Sanskrit for the first time in a Western book, and built a famous museum collection. His wild, beautifully illustrated books are sometimes visionary, frequently wrong, and yet compelling documents in the history of ideas. They are being rediscovered in our own time. This volume contains new essays on Kircher and his world by leading historians and historians of science, including Stephen Jay Gould, Ingrid Rowland, Anthony Grafton, Daniel Stoltzenberg, Paula Findlen, and Barbara Stafford.-

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User Review  - Katelis Viglas - Goodreads

A collection of articles on Athanasius Kircher's life and work. Paula Findlen's Introduction is characterized by wit and originality. Because Athanasius Kircher was "inviting his readers to explore ... Read full review

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User Review  - Lauren Albert - Goodreads

This is a collection of essays by different scholars. So I will probably read it slowly over the course of the three weeks I have it out from the library. Read full review

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About the author (2004)

Paula Findlen is Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Director of the Science, Technology and Society Program at Stanford University. She is the author of Possessing Nature and coeditor of Merchants and Marvels: Commerce, Science and Art in Early Modern Europe, published by Routledge.

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