The Man Who Knew Everything is a biography of Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century German Jesuit and scientist.
After thirty years, he published an 800-page volume of his findings--along with theories about fossils, geography, the Earth\'s core, dragons, the location of the lost city of Atlanti.
Vesuvius to observe how volcanoes work.
In 1638, Kircher was lowered into the smoking crater of Mt.
He was one of the modern world\'s first scientific celebrities--the Einstein or Stephen Hawking of his time.
The Man Who Knew Everything is a biography of Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century German Jesuit and scientist