A man of misconceptions, the life of an eccentric in an age of change, by John Glassie
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A man of misconceptions, the life of an eccentric in an age of change, by John Glassie
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-324) and index
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A man of misconceptions
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by John Glassie
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the life of an eccentric in an age of change
Summary
Traces the rise, success, and eventual fall of Athanasius Kircher, the legendary seventeenth-century priest-scientist who was either a great genius or a colossal crackpot or a bit of both. Kircher’s interests 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. 2012
Table Of Contents
Apologetic Forerunner to This Kircherian Study -- Part One -- Incapable of Resisting the Force -- Inevitable Obstacles -- A Source of Great Fear -- Scenic Proceedings -- Chief Inciter of Action -- Beautiful Reports -- Part Two -- Secret Exotic Matters -- Habitation of Hell -- The Magnet -- An Innumerable Multitude of Catoptric Cats -- Four Rivers -- Egyptian Oedipus -- The Admiration of the Ignorant -- Little Worms -- Philosophical Transactions -- Underground World -- A Dream -- Everything -- Part Three -- Not As It Was -- Immune and Exempt -- Mentorella -- Closest of All to the Truth -- The Strangest Development
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