profile
NNDB
This is a beta version of NNDB
Search: for

Athanasius Kircher

Scientist (2-May-1601 — 28-Nov-1680)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS


Felicia Englmann. Sphärenharmonie und Mikrokosmos: Das politische Denken des Athanasius Kircher. Böhlau-Verlag GmbH. 2006. 385pp. Language: German.

Paula Findlen. Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything. London: Routledge. 2003. 464pp.

Joscelyn Godwin. Athanasius Kircher: A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge. London: Thames and Hudson. 1979. 96pp. Alternative subtitle, A Late Renaissance Philosopher And Scientist.

Brian L. Merrill (editor). Athanasius Kircher, Jesuit Scholar: An Exhibition of his Works in the Harold B. Lee Library Collections at Brigham Young University. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University. 1989. 74pp.

A. M. Partini. Athanasius Kircher e l'alchimia: Testi scelti e commentati. Edizioni Mediterranee. 2004. 144pp. Language: Italian.

Dino Pastine. La nascita dell'idolatria: L'oriente religioso di Athanasius Kircher. Florence, Italy: La Nuova Italia. 1978. 324pp.

Conor Reilly. Athanasius Kircher S. J.: Master of a Hundred Arts, 1602-1680. Wiesbaden and Rome: Edizioni del Mondo. 1974. 207pp. Reprint of 1940 edition.

Ingrid D. Rowland. The Ecstatic Journey: Athanasius Kircher in Baroque Rome. University of Chicago Library. 2000. 109pp.

Daniel Stolzenberg (editor). The Great Art of Knowing: The Baroque Encyclopedia of Athanasius Kircher. Stanford University Libraries. 2001. 160pp. Contents 13 articles, to accompany an exhibit at Stanford.


AUTHORITIES

Below are references indicating presence of this name in another database or other reference material. Most of the sources listed are encyclopedic in nature but might be limited to a specific field, such as musicians or film directors. A lack of listings here does not indicate unimportance -- we are nowhere near finished with this portion of the project -- though if many are shown it does indicate a wide recognition of this individual.

  1. NNDB [link]

  2. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [link]

  3. Wikipedia [link]

  4. Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Edition

  5. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th Edition (p.502)




Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile



Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications