Title The man who knew everything : the strange life of Athanasius Kircher / Marilee Peters ; illustrations by Roxanna Bikadoroff.

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Toronto ; Berkeley : Annick Press, 2017.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department	J BIO KIRCHER	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 509 KIRCHER	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J509 PET	Check Shelf

Description	59 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"A biography of Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century Jesuit, scientist and polymath. He was one of the modern world's first scientific celebrities. His interests ranged from hieroglyphics to China to astrology to geology. He was one of the first scientists to formulate theories based on observation. In 1638, he was lowered into the smoking crater of Mount Vesuvius to observe how volcanoes worked. He published his findings 30 years later."-- Provided by publisher.
Form	Issued also in electronic formats.
Subject	Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 -- Juvenile literature.
	Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. (OCoLC)fst00037622
	Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.
	Scientists -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Intellectuals -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Scholars -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Volcanology -- Juvenile literature.
	Intellectuals. (OCoLC)fst00975799
	Scholars. (OCoLC)fst01106878
	Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895
	Volcanology. (OCoLC)fst01747139
	Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
	Scientists.
	Intellectuals.
	Scholars.
	Germany -- Biography.
	Volcanology.
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Biographies.
Added Author	Bikadoroff, Roxanna, 1964- illustrator.
Other Form:	Peters, Marilee, 1968- Man who knew everything. (CaOONL)20179014110
ISBN	9781554519736 (softcover)
	155451973X (softcover)
	9781554519743 (hardcover)
	1554519748 (hardcover)

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