Athanasius Kircher
Born in 1601, the "last Renaissance man", Anthanasius Kircher, was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar notable for his studies in the fields of Oriental studies, geology, and medicine. Kircher is considered a premodern root of postmodern thinking. He passed away in 1680.
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Anthanasius Kircher is featured in Edition: Lunacy
Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (The Great Art of Light and Shadow), 1646
Magic Square, 1655
Sciathericon Microcosmicum, 1646
The Selenic Shadowdial or the Process of the Lunation, 1646
Astrological Chart, 1646
Sciathericon Stellarum, 1646
Interior of the Earth, 1678
