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

The Man Who Knew Everything

The Strange Life of Athanasius Kircher

By Marilee Peters
Illustrated by Roxanna Bikadoroff
Categories: Children's Nonfiction
Themes: science & technology, earthquakes & volcanoes, renaissance, Nonfiction, Vesuvius, Athanasius Kircher, Volcano, Science, Scientist, Volcanology
Interest Age: 9–12
Grade: 5–8
Reading Level: Common Core Correlations
CCSS.ELA-Literacy Strand-Reading literature: RI.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10
L.5.3,4,4a,4b,4c,5,5a,6
RF.5.3,3a,4,4a,4c
SL.5.1,1a,1c,1d,2,3,4,5,6
W.5.1,2,4,7,8,9,9b,10

Reading Level: Lexile 980L
Hardcover : 9781554519743, 60 pages, October 2017 , 10.0" x 8.0"
Paperback : 9781554519736, 60 pages, October 2017 , 10.0" x 8.0"

Description

Even the man who knew everything was wrong some of the time.

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

Kircher has been described as the last Renaissance man, the first postmodernist, and 鈥渢he man who knew everything.鈥� The Man Who Knew Everything celebrates Kircher鈥檚 insatiable curiosity, his willingness to ask questions and to suggest answers, even when he sometimes got it wrong.

Peters鈥� dramatic re-telling of Kircher鈥檚 life is complemented by colorized versions of his etchings, and lively illustrations by the award-winning artist, Roxanna Bikadoroff.

Reviews

鈥淓ngaging and funny, this biography uses history to think critically about how knowledge is found. A winning addition to nonfiction collections.鈥� 

- School Library Journal, 09/01/17

鈥淎 colorful figure in the history of science whose 鈥榤isses鈥� are as entertaining and instructive as his 鈥榟its.鈥欌��

- Kirkus Reviews, 08/15/17

鈥淧eters does an excellent job of calling attention to the changing face of science over history.鈥� 

- Booklist, 11/15/17

鈥淎 really fun read, and I loved the illustrations by Roxanna Bikadoroff.鈥� 

- Brain Shrapnel, 11/19/17

鈥淎 little irreverent, a lot of details and a general impression of something innovative.鈥� 

- CanLit for Little Canadians, 11/16/17

鈥淎n ideal book for a wide range of readers.鈥�

- Resource Links, 12/17

鈥淧eters clearly has enormous enthusiasm for Kircher . . . [and] Bikadoroff brings a fitting visual approach to such an eccentric subject.鈥� 

- Quill & Quire, 01/18

鈥淭his biography celebrates Kircher鈥檚 insatiable curiosity.鈥� 

- Best Books for Kids and Teens, Spring/18