This author wrote a novel
This author wrote a novel in which a "powder of sympathy" is used to make a wounded dog yelp, solving the problem of telling longitude at sea. This author wrote a novel in which the lost Second Book of Aristotle's Poetics is destroyed, and the protagonist discovers a body in a jar of pig's blood. In another novel by him, Diotallevi, Jacopo Belbo, and Casaubon concoct a conspiracy that links "telluric currents" to the Knights Templar. This author of The Island of the Day Before wrote a novel in which the schemes of the blind monk Jorge are foiled by William of Baskerville. For 10 points, name this Italian author of Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose.
This author wrote a novel in which a "powder of sympathy" is used to make a wounded dog yelp, solving the problem of telling longitude at sea.