The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1643: Athanasius Kircher
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Dr. John Lienhard (via Houston Public Media)
Episode: 1643 In which Athanasius Kircher softens the 17th-C scientific revolution. Today, — after Galileo.
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Keywords
Engines Podcast,
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bioluminescence,
Copernicus,
egyptology,
galileo,
heliocentricity,
hieroglyphs,
iconography,
Italian Inquisition,
jesuits,
luciferin,
Pope Urban VIII,
religion,
scientific curiosity,
theology,
Vatican
