John Glassie with Leonard Lopate on Athanasius Kircher

NOTES And NOTICES

The Leonard Lopate Show 

A Man of Misconceptions  
WNYC.org

Monday, December 10, 2012

John Glassie speaks with Lenny Lopate about his book on Athanasius Kircher  

A Man of Misconceptions: The life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change.

Engraving of Vesuvius by Kircher from his Mundus Subterraneus

http://ouhos.org/2011/09/14/athanasius-kircher-mundus-subterraneus-1665/

see also the Earth Observatory:

"Happy birthday, Athanasius Kircher April 30th, 2012 by Michon Scott"

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/04/30/happy-birthday-athanasius-kircher/