Book ID: CBB135161948

The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher (2014)

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Roberto Buonanno (Author)


Springer


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 178 pp.
Language: English

In 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.

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Authors & Contributors
Reeves, Eileen A.
Van Helden, Albert
Ben-Zaken, Avner
Boschiero, Luciano
Boulier, Philippe
Carolino, Luís Miguel
Journals
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
British Journal for the History of Science
History of Science
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Publishers
Brepols
Hackett Publishing Company
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Astronomy
Roman Catholic Church
Magic lanterns
Telescopes
Sunspots
Translations
People
Galilei, Galileo
Clavius, Christopher
Kircher, Athanasius
Borri, Cristoforo
Della Valle, Pietro
Grienberger, Christoph
Time Periods
17th century
20th century
16th century
19th century
Places
Italy
Belgium
China
Persia (Iran)
Europe
France
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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