The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher

• Main Author: Buonanno, Roberto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 399
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Popular works.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science, general.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

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 int...

Table of Contents:

• 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.