The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change

 Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change

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(Riverhead Books, 2013) by John Glassie

An exploration into the rise, success, and eventual fall, of one of history’s most fascinating thinkers, the 17th-century priest-scientist Athanasius Kircher, whose interests and inventions seemingly knew no bounds.

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