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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Buonanno, Roberto
Titre(s) : The stars of Galileo Galilei and the universal knowledge of Athanasius Kircher [Texte électronique] / Roberto Buonanno ; translation by Roberto Buonanno and Giuliana Giobbi
Publication : Cham : Springer, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (1 ressource en ligne (xiii, 178 pages))
Collection : Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; volume 399
Note(s) : Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 8 avril 2014)
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
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Giobbi, Giuliana. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680)
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
Indice(s) Dewey :
509 (23e éd.) = Sciences naturelles et mathématiques - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783319003009
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446743009
Notice n° :
FRBNF44674300
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Table des matières : The 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.