This book is a non-fiction biography of Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century Jesuit, scientist and polymath. He was one of the modern world's first scientific celebrities. His interests ranged from hieroglyphics to China to astrology to geology. He was one of the first scientists to formulate theories based on observation. In 1638, he was lowered into the smoking crater of Mount Vesuvius to observe how volcanoes worked. He published his findings 30 years later.--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2017.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- j943/.04092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-gx---
- ISBN
- 9781554519767 9781554519736
- LCCN
- CT1098.K46
- LCCN Item number
- P48 2017eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (59 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00238159 (OCoLC)974527847 (CaOOCEL)454245
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- The Man Who Knew Everything 6
- Big Head Big Ideas 11
- Dangerous Times 15
- The Earths Birthday 16
- Did I Hear That Right 18
- Burning Questions 19
- Volcano Cowboy 22
- Human Search Engine 30
- The Storyteller 31
- Cat Music Anyone 36
- Magic Lanterns 36
- Going Underground 37
- Publish or Perish 38
- Theory Truth 39
- Theory Truth 40
- Theory Truth 41
- Theory Truth 42
- The Underground World also featured 42
- The Last Renaissance Man 43
- Guide to China 50
- HIT AND MISS 50
- Secret Recipe for Scorpions 51
- Kircher Paves the Way for the Theory of Gravity 52
- Magnetic Forces Control Life on Earth 52
- 1630 53
- 1618 53
- 1633 53
- 1602 53
- 1631 53
- 1633 53
- 1640 53
- 1637 53
- 1641 53
- 1618 53
- 1638 53
- 1628 53
- 1600 1620 1630 1640 53
- 1631 53
- 1655 54
- 1656 54
- 1660 54
- 1651 54
- 1652 54
- 1656 54
- 1660 1664 54
- 1679 1680 54
- 1988 54
- 2002 54
- 1650 1660 1988 2002 54
