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100 1 _aBuonanno, Roberto.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Roberto Buonanno.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer International Publishing :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _aXIII, 178 p. 28 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,
_x0067-0057 ;
_v399
505 0 _aThe World Theatre -- Watches and sunflowers rotating upon a motionless Earth -- Jesuits, scales and telescopes -- Light and shadows -- Spots upon an unchangeable Sun -- The Deluge -- Hieroglyphs and the dream of Universal Wisdom -- Crystal Skies and the circles of Hell -- Conclusion -- Galileo Galilei and Athanasius Kircher: parallel lives.
520 _aIn this fascinating book, the author traces the careers, ideas, discoveries, and inventions of two renowned scientists, Athanasius Kircher and Galileo Galilei, one a Jesuit, the other a sincere man of faith whose relations with the Jesuits deteriorated badly. The Author documents Kircher’s often intuitive work in many areas, including translating the hieroglyphs, developing sundials, and inventing the magic lantern, and explains how Kircher was a forerunner of Darwin in suggesting that animal species evolve. Galileo’s work on scales, telescopes, and sun spots is mapped and discussed, and care is taken to place his discoveries within their cultural environment. While Galileo is without doubt the “winner” in the comparison with Kircher, the latter achieved extraordinary insights by unconventional means. For all Galileo’s fine work, the author believes that scientists do need to regain the power of dreaming, vindicating Kirchner’s view.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 0 _aScience (General).
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science, general.
650 2 4 _aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783319002996
830 0 _aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,
_x0067-0057 ;
_v399
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00300-9
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