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A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change
Web edition: January 24, 2013
Print edition: February 9, 2013; Vol.183 #3 (p. 30)
The eccentric life of the insatiably curious, but often wrong, 17th century scholar Athanasius Kircher is explored in this tale of his influence on science.
Riverhead Books, 2012, 335 p., $26.95
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