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Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Findlen
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Description for Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Paperback. Editor(s): Findlen, Paula. Num Pages: 480 pages, 50 b/w illustrations; size: 234x156. BIC Classification: GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 698.
First published in 2004.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 ... Read more
First published in 2004.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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
688g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415940160
SKU
V9780415940160
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About Findlen
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.
Reviews for Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything
"The collection succeeds in its expressed goal of charting some of the paths through Kircher's world."
Darin Hayton, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, Renasissance Quarterly
Darin Hayton, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, Renasissance Quarterly