arises » crises (Expand Search), arise (Expand Search), aristeas (Expand Search)
arie » marie (Expand Search), arce (Expand Search), aris (Expand Search)
maries » mmaries (Expand Search), marces (Expand Search), mariss (Expand Search), marines (Expand Search), marries (Expand Search), marius (Expand Search)
varies » vmaries (Expand Search), varces (Expand Search), variss (Expand Search)
mmaries » mmmaries (Expand Search), mmarces (Expand Search), mmariss (Expand Search), mmarines (Expand Search), mmarries (Expand Search), mmarius (Expand Search), summaries (Expand Search), memories (Expand Search)
marces » marches (Expand Search), marcus (Expand Search), marcel (Expand Search)
variable » varille (Expand Search)
marche » marchen (Expand Search)
A study of the life and works of Athanasius Kircher, "Germanus incredibilis" : with a selection of his unpublished correspondence and an annotated translation of his autobiography...
:
Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit in 17th-century Rome, was an enigma. Intensely pious and a prolific author, he was also a polymath fascinated with everything from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the tiny creatures in his microscope. His correspondence with popes, princes and priests was a window into the restless energy of the period. It showed first-hand the seventeenth-century's struggle for knowledge in astronomy, microscopy, geology, chemistry, musicology, Egyptology, horology... The list goes on. Kircher's books reflect the mind-set of 17th-century scholars - endless curiosity and a substantial larding of naiveté: Kircher scorned alchemy as the wishful thinking of charlatans, yet believed in dragons. His life and correspondence provide a key to the transition from the Middle Ages to a new scientific age. This book, though unpublished, has been long quoted and referred to. Awaited by scholars and specialists of Kircher, it is finally available with this edition.
:
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004216327 :
1871-1405 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.