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

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Finally the queen’s carriage stopped before a long pale-pink marble building and her coachman opened the heavy gilded carriage door A man in dark priest’s robes stood by the build ing’s massive carved entrance But this was no ordinary priest This was the most famous scientist in all of Europe Athanasius Kircher Queen Christina exclaimed as she raced up the steps toward him I’ve been dying to meet you 4