A Study of the Life and Works of Athanasius Kircher, 'Germanus Incredibilis': With a Selection of His Unpublished Correspondence and an Annotated Translation of His Autobiography - Rilegato

Fletcher, John Edward

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ISBN 10: 9004207120 ISBN 13: 9789004207127

Casa editrice: Brill Academic Pub, 2011

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

John E. Fletcher, M.A. (1966), Queen Mary College, University of London. Senior Lecturer in Germanic Studies, University of Sydney. Before his early death in 1992 he had published extensively on Athanasius Kircher and his correspondents.

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• Editore: Brill Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9004207120
• ISBN 13: 9789004207127
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 607
• Redattore: Fletcher Elizabeth