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A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change
de John Glassie
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- VG
- ISBN 10
- 1594631891
- ISBN 13
- 9781594631894
- Librería
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Riverhead Trade, November 2013. Trade Paperback. VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
Sinopsis
A Scientific American Best Science Book of 2012 An Atlantic Wire Best Book of 2012 A New York Times Book Review “Editor's Choice” The “fascinating” ( The New Yorker ) story of Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric scholar-inventor who was either a great genius or a crackpot . . . or a bit of both. The interests of Athanasius Kircher, the legendary seventeenth-century priest-scientist, knew no bounds. From optics to music to magnetism to medicine, he offered up inventions and theories for everything, and they made him famous across Europe. His celebrated museum in Rome featured magic lanterns, speaking statues, the tail of a mermaid, and a brick from the Tower of Babel. Holy Roman Emperors were his patrons, popes were his friends, and in his spare time he collaborated with the Baroque master Bernini. But Kircher lived during an era of radical transformation, in which the old approach to knowledge—what he called the “art of knowing”— was giving way to the scientific method and modern thought. A Man of Misconceptions traces the rise, success, and eventual fall of this fascinating character as he attempted to come to terms with a changing world. With humor and insight, John Glassie returns Kircher to his rightful place as one of history’s most unforgettable figures.
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- Librería
- Magus Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1109226
- Título
- A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change
- Autor
- John Glassie
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1594631891
- ISBN 13
- 9781594631894
- Editorial
- Riverhead Trade
- Fecha de publicación
- November 2013
- Páginas
- 352
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- Tight
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
