New Book: A Far-Out And Forgotten Renaissance Man

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A Far-Out And Forgotten Renaissance Man

Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century Jesuit priest, was a renaissance man in name and deed. He strove to learn about almost everything. Unfortunately, many of his inventions and theories were pure nonsense. John Glassie writes about Kircher in his new book, A Man of Misconceptions.

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