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The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 399
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In this fascinating book, the author traces the careers, ideas,
discoveries, and inventions of two renowned scientists, Athanasius
Kircher and Galileo Galilei, one a Jesuit, the other a sincere man
of faith whose relations with the Jesuits deteriorated badly. The
Author documents Kircher's often intuitive work in many areas,
including translating the hieroglyphs, developing sundials, and
inventing the magic lantern, and explains how Kircher was a
forerunner of Darwin in suggesting that animal species evolve.
Galileo's work on scales, telescopes, and sun spots is mapped and
discussed, and care is taken to place his discoveries within their
cultural environment. While Galileo is without doubt the "winner"
in the comparison with Kircher, the latter achieved extraordinary
insights by unconventional means. For all Galileo's fine work, the
author believes that scientists do need to regain the power of
dreaming, vindicating Kirchner's view.
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