Athanasius Kircher - The Last Man Who Knew Everything (Hardcover)

Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) - German Jesuit, occultist, polymath - was one of the 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. His wild, beautifully illustrated books are sometimes visionary, frequently wrong, and yet compelling documents in the history of ideas. 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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2004
First published:	2004
Editors:	Paula Findlen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	480
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-94015-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General
LSN:	0-415-94015-X
Barcode:	9780415940153

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