305 years ago the last great scholar was born: The Jesuit Athanasius Kircher. Research conducted at the Roman College in Rome and has contributed to astronomy, geology, medicine, history and much more. His motto was "In Omniamid One - All in One. "Athanasius (= "the immortals") Kircher was 2 May 1602 in near Fulda born. After training with the Jesuits, joined after 1618, even with the Order. In Paderborn, he studied philosophy and theology. But there was only 30 years of war. As a Catholic, he had to flee the advance of Protestant forces of Cologne.
In 1628 he was awarded the professor and became a Priest of mathematics and ethics in Würzburg. He published his first book in 1631 on the effects of magnets on "Ars Magnesia. " 1633 Emperor Ferdinand II appointed him as successor Johannes Kepler Vienna Hofburg. This call after Kircher did not come, but went to Rome to the Roman College (which is a Pontifical University in Rome.) Kircher was a professor of mathematics, physics and oriental languages.
Own "museum Kircherianum"
In Rome, he found time to pursue his research widely. Kircher was interested in everything between heaven and earth. He was also an avid collector of antiques. These are displayed along with their own inventions in the museum Kircherianum designed for it.
About the attraction of the stones and the heartKircher wrote many books on various subjects. His books on magnetism also discussed other forms of attraction such as gravity and love. The phenomenon of magnetism has influenced the work of Kircher. He figured it's all about "secret nodes connected together." Attraction and repulsion are essential for Kircher in the universe. God called the "central magnet in the universe."
Sacred symbols
He also wrote books on Egypt and China. His interest in Egypt was sparked when he met in a library in Speyer, a collection of hieroglyphics. Learn Coptic, an Egyptian language and first published a grammar of the language. He also addressed the hieroglyphics (= "holy signs").
Despite their understanding of hieroglyphics was almost completely wrong, but nevertheless made a great preparation for subsequent translation. China is also very interested Kircher. He would have liked so far as to China. The Chinese characters Kircher understood as a development of hieroglyphics.
Despite their understanding of hieroglyphics was almost completely wrong, but nevertheless made a great preparation for subsequent translation. China is also very interested Kircher. He would have liked so far as to China. The Chinese characters Kircher understood as a development of hieroglyphics.
The underground world
Kircher was also the geology of his party. On a trip to Italy, which experienced the powers of the underworld: The Vesuvius rappel out and explore the crater of the volcano. In Sicily, he saw as Etna and Stromboli in eruption. He also saw one of the most serious earthquakes, and watched an island sank into the sea. From these impressions created in 1664, after all the work "Mundus subterraneus" (= "the underworld").
Athanasius Kircher - a multi-talent for the Lord
The medicine is enhanced by the finding that the plague of "worms"has been transferred. He probably saw white and red blood cells, but still hit the right note that the plague was transmitted by microorganisms. Recommended hygiene measures such as disinfection and isolation of patients.
Kircher gained much knowledge and made a few inventions, including a wind harp, and a statue that was made possible through a tube to listen and speak. Has developed plans for the organ, designed an early form of the film projector and deals with the transmission of encrypted messages. In addition, it was a perpetual motion machine, a machine impossible in constant motion.
The scholar Athanasius Kircher died on November 27, 1680 in Rome. His heart was buried in a church, whose ruins he had found 1661st Not once Marian apparitions have occurred.
Kircher gained much knowledge and made a few inventions, including a wind harp, and a statue that was made possible through a tube to listen and speak. Has developed plans for the organ, designed an early form of the film projector and deals with the transmission of encrypted messages. In addition, it was a perpetual motion machine, a machine impossible in constant motion.
The scholar Athanasius Kircher died on November 27, 1680 in Rome. His heart was buried in a church, whose ruins he had found 1661st Not once Marian apparitions have occurred.
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