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Titel | Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos, Magnetism, and the Universe / by Agustín Udías |
Person(en) | Udías, Agustín (Verfasser) |
Organisation(en) | SpringerLink (Online service) (Sonstige) |
Ausgabe | 1st ed. 2024 |
Verlag | Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Birkhäuser |
Zeitliche Einordnung | Erscheinungsdatum: 2024 |
Umfang/Format | Online-Ressource, IX, 153 p. 37 illus., 2 illus. in color. : online resource. |
Andere Ausgabe(n) |
Printed edition:: ISBN: 978-3-031-53007-4 Printed edition:: ISBN: 978-3-031-53009-8 Printed edition:: ISBN: 978-3-031-53010-4 |
Inhalt | Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Athanasius Kircher’s life and works -- The museum and correspondence -- The books -- 3. The geocosmos and the interior of the Earth -- Short index of the twelve books -- Preface: Earthquakes and volcanoes -- The Earth center of the universe -- The interior of the Earth -- The oceans and seas -- The subterranean fire, water and air -- Fountains, rivers, and lakes -- The terrestrial element -- Nature of the geocosmos -- Fossils, subterranean animals, men, and demons -- Poisons in the subterranean world -- Metals and mines -- Chemical transformations -- "Panspermia", the origin of plants and animals -- Chemical work -- 4. Magnetism and the cosmic magnetic chain -- Early work on magnetism and the Earth’s magnetic field -- Kircher and magnetism -- Nature and properties of magnets -- Magnetic declination -- Observations of magnetic declination -- The magnetic map -- Causes of magnetic declination -- Magnetism as a cosmic and spiritual force -- 5. A space journey and the vision of the universe -- Introduction -- Preambles by Schott and Kircher -- Preamble by Schott -- Preamble by Kircher -- Dialog I: Journeys to Moon, Venus, Mercury, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Firmament -- Dialog II: God’s providence in the work of the World -- Ecstatic Journey II -- Dialog I: The water element and the universal principle of things -- Dialog II: The admirable arcane of the Geocosmos or Terrestrial World -- Dialog III: Ecstatic journey to the subterranean world -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Books on Athanasius Kircher published from 2000 to 2020 -- Appendix 2. Table of Contents of Mundus subterraneus -- Appendix 3. Table of Contents of Magnes sive de arte Magnetica -- Appendix 4. Table of Contents of Iter exstaticum coelestem -- Kircher’s Works Mentioned -- Bibliography -- Index by Names |
Persistent Identifier |
URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024032303422099418658 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-53008-1 |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53008-1 |
ISBN/Einband/Preis | 978-3-031-53008-1 |
Sprache(n) | Englisch (eng) |
Sachgruppe(n) | 000 Allgemeines, Wissenschaft |
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