A Galileo Forgery : Unmasking the New York Sidereus Nuncius.

In this work, historians in various fields revise the results presented in the first two volumes of the series, which analyzed the New York copy of Sidereus Nuncius. While many of their findings remain valid, the subject of analysis proved to be a forgery. Volume III describes how the discovery of f...

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Main Author: Bredekamp, Horst.
Other Authors: Brückle, Irene., Needham, Paul.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc., 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Introduction -- I Fruitful Doubts 15 May-June 2012 -- II The Evidence of the Forged Printing -- III The Evidence of the Forged Paper -- IV The Evidence of the Forged SNML Sammelband Book Structure -- V The Evidence of the Forged Padua Compasso Book Structure -- VI Results of non-destructive Instrumental Analysis. XRF-, FTIR-Spectroscopy and Microscopy -- VII Towards a Psychology of the Forger -- VIII Final Thoughts -- Photo Credits. 
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