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A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change Hardcover - 2012
by John Glassie
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A Scientific American Best Science Book of 2012
An Atlantic Wire Best Book of 2012
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice”
The fascinating” (The New Yorker) story of Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric scholar-inventor who was either a great genius or a crackpot . . . or a bit of both.
The interests of Athanasius Kircher, the legendary seventeenth-century priest-scientist, knew no bounds. From optics to music to magnetism to medicine, he offered up inventions and theories for everything, and they made him famous across Europe. His celebrated museum in Rome featured magic lanterns, speaking statues, the tail of a mermaid, and a brick from the Tower of Babel. Holy Roman Emperors were his patrons, popes were his friends, and in his spare time he collaborated with the Baroque master Bernini.
But Kircher lived during an era of radical transformation, in which the old approach to knowledgewhat he called the art of knowing” was giving way to the scientific method and modern thought. A Man of Misconceptions traces the rise, success, and eventual fall of this fascinating character as he attempted to come to terms with a changing world.
With humor and insight, John Glassie returns Kircher to his rightful place as one of history’s most unforgettable figures.
An Atlantic Wire Best Book of 2012
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice”
The fascinating” (The New Yorker) story of Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric scholar-inventor who was either a great genius or a crackpot . . . or a bit of both.
The interests of Athanasius Kircher, the legendary seventeenth-century priest-scientist, knew no bounds. From optics to music to magnetism to medicine, he offered up inventions and theories for everything, and they made him famous across Europe. His celebrated museum in Rome featured magic lanterns, speaking statues, the tail of a mermaid, and a brick from the Tower of Babel. Holy Roman Emperors were his patrons, popes were his friends, and in his spare time he collaborated with the Baroque master Bernini.
But Kircher lived during an era of radical transformation, in which the old approach to knowledgewhat he called the art of knowing” was giving way to the scientific method and modern thought. A Man of Misconceptions traces the rise, success, and eventual fall of this fascinating character as he attempted to come to terms with a changing world.
With humor and insight, John Glassie returns Kircher to his rightful place as one of history’s most unforgettable figures.
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- Title A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change
- Author John Glassie
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, Qd21
- Date 2012-11-08
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781594488719 / 1594488711
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.5 in (21.34 x 14.22 x 3.81 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Germany - History - 1618-1648, Scientists - Germany
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012026023
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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