The Man Who Knew Everything: The Strange Life of Athanasius Kircher

author: Marilee Peters
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.67
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2017/11/19
date added: 2017/11/19
shelves: children-s, non-fiction
review:
'The Man Who Knew Everything: The Strange Life of Athanasius Kircher' by Marilee Peters with illustrations by Roxanna Bikadoroff is a weird ride through the life of a curious character.

Kircher had a museum filled with oddities and inventions. His life was full of curiosity and adventure. He wanted to know more about volcanos, so he was lowered in to one. He made many scientific theories about the world around him (most of them wrong). He lived in the 17th century and was a Jesuit at a time when many of the things he wrote about could have gotten him in trouble with the church.

I'd never heard of this man, but apparently there are fans of his in the modern age, and even a museum with some recreations of his adventures. On the one hand, he comes across as a blow hard and a fraud, but on the other hand, he seems to be very curious about the world he lives in. I found it a really fun read, and I loved the illustrations by Roxanna Bikadoroff.

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