Athanasius Kircher
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Athanasius Kircerher, S.J., (1601 or 1602–1680) (sometimes erroneously spelled Kirchner) was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and medicine. Kircher has been compared to Leonardo da Vinci for his enormous range of interests, including discovering works and has been honoured with the title "master of a hundred arts".
In Phonurgia Nova (1673) Kircher considered the possibilities of transmitting music to remote places.
Bibliography
Kircher's principal works, in chronological order, are:
| Year | Title | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1631 | Ars Magnesia | ||
| 1635 | Primitiae gnomoniciae catroptricae | ||
| 1636 | Prodromus coptus sive aegyptiacus | ||
| 1637 | Specula Melitensis encyclica, hoc est syntagma novum instrumentorum physico- mathematicorum | ||
| 1641 | Magnes sive de arte magnetica | 1643 edition (second ed.) | |
| 1643 | Lingua aegyptiaca restituta | ||
| 1645–1646 | Ars Magna Lucis et umbrae | 1646 edition | |
| 1650 | Obeliscus Pamphilius: hoc est, Interpretatio noua & Hucusque Intentata Obelisci Hieroglyphici | 1650 edition | |
| 1650 | Musurgia universalis, sive ars magna consoni et dissoni | Volumes I and II, 1650 | |
| 1652–1655 | Oedipus Aegyptiacus | ||
| 1654 | Magnes sive (third, expanded edition) | ||
| 1656 | Itinerarium extaticum s. opificium coeleste | ||
| 1657 | Iter extaticum secundum, mundi subterranei prodromus | ||
| 1658 | Scrutinium Physico-Medicum Contagiosae Luis, quae dicitur Pestis | ||
| 1660 | Pantometrum Kircherianum ... explicatum a G. Schotto | ||
| 1661 | Diatribe de prodigiosis crucibus | ||
| 1663 | Polygraphia, seu artificium linguarium quo cum omnibus mundi populis poterit quis respondere | ||
| 1664–1678 | Mundus subterraneus, quo universae denique naturae divitiae | Tomus II , 1678 | |
| 1665 | Historia Eustachio-Mariana | 1665 edition | |
| 1665 | Arithmologia sive De abditis numerorum mysterijs | 1665 edition | |
| 1666 | Obelisci Aegyptiaci ... interpretatio hieroglyphica | ||
| 1667 | China monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae and artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata | Latin edition (1667) (pages with illustrations only); La Chine, 1670 (French, 1670); Modern English translation | |
| 1667 | Magneticum naturae regnum sive disceptatio physiologica | ||
| 1668 | Organum mathematicum | ||
| 1669 | Principis Cristiani archetypon politicum | 1672 edition | |
| 1669 | Latium | 1671 edition | |
| 1669 | Ars magna sciendi sive combinatorica | 1669 edition | |
| 1673 | Phonurgia nova, sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum | 1763 edition | |
| 1675 | Arca Noe | ||
| 1676 | Sphinx mystagoga: sive Diatribe hieroglyphica, qua Mumiae, ex Memphiticis Pyramidum Adytis Erutae… | 1676 edition | |
| 1676 | Obelisci Aegyptiaci | ||
| 1679 | Musaeum Collegii Romani Societatis Jesu | ||
| 1679 | Turris Babel, Sive Archontologia Qua Primo Priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, Secundo Turris fabrica civitatumque exstructio, confusio linguarum, & inde gentium transmigrationis, cum principalium inde enatorum idiomatum historia, multiplici eruditione describuntur & explicantur. Amsterdam, Jansson-Waesberge 1679. | ||
| 1679 | Tariffa Kircheriana sive mensa Pathagorica expansa | ||
| 1680 | Physiologia Kircheriana experimentalis | 1680 edition |
See also
- List of Jesuit scientists
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
- Library of Sir Thomas Browne
- Filippo Bonanni, S.J., pupil of Kircher
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