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The Marci Crater on the Far Side of the Moon has been named after him.


BIOGRAPHY

Marci was born in Lanškroun , on the border between Bohemia and Moravia (presently pearts of the Czech Republic ). He spent most of his career as a professor of Charles University in Prague , where he served as Dean of the medical school and Rector (in 1662 ). He was also personal doctor of Emperors Ferdinand III and Leopold I , and distinguished himself in the defense of Prague against the Swedish armies in 1648 .


WORK

Marci's studies covered the mechanics of colliding bodies, epilepsy, and the refraction of light, among other topics.

Marci at some time came into possession of the Voynich Manuscript , apparently upon the death of its former owner, alchemist Georg Baresch . He sent the book to his longtime friend Athanasius Kircher , with a cover letter dated August 19 , 1666 (or perhaps 1665 ).


BOOKS

  • ''Idearum operaticum idea'' ( 1636 )

  • ''De proportione motus seu regula sphygmica'' ( 1639 )

  • ''Thaumantias. Liber de arcu coelesti deque collorum apparentium natura ortu et causis'' ( 1648 )

  • ''Dissertatio de natura iridis'' ( 1650 )

  • ''De longitudine seu differentia inter duos meridianos'' ( 1650 )

  • ''Labyrinthus, in quo via ad circuli quadraturam pluribus modis exhibetur'' ( 1654 )

  • ''Philosophia vetus restituta'' ( 1662 )

  • ''Othosophia seu philosophia impulsus universalis'' ( 1683 )



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