A study of the life and works of Athanasius Kircher, "Germanus incredibilis"

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• John Edward Fletcher

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• 607 Seiten
• 22 Lesestunden

• Biografien & Memoiren

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Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit in 17th-century Rome, was an extraordinary polymath. His fascinating correspondence with popes, princes and priests was a key to the mind-set of the period, and the transition from medieval to modern scientific thinking.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011