A study of the life and works of Athanasius Kircher, "Germanus incredibilis" : with a selection of his unpublished correspondence and an annotated translation of his autobiography / by John Edward Fletcher ; edited for publication by Elizabeth Fletcher ; editorial adjustment for the Aries book series by Garry Trompf.

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Fletcher, John Edward

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Aries book series ; v. 12.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 607 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789004216327
9004216324
9786613270818
6613270814
1283270811
9781283270816
9004207120
9789004207127

Contained works:

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. Vita admodum Reverendi P. Athanasii Kircheri. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Study of the life and works of Athanasius Kircher, "Germanus incredibilis".DDC classification:

943.03092 B 23

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CT1098.K46 F53 2011eb

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Contents:

pt. 1. Kircher's life and works -- pt. 2. Kircher's correspondence -- pt. 3. Kircher's life and letters -- pt. 4. Kircher's Vita with translation and annotations by John Fletcher.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Kircher's life and works -- pt. 2. Kircher's correspondence -- pt. 3. Kircher's life and letters -- pt. 4. Kircher's Vita with translation and annotations by John Fletcher.

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.

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