| Title |
Fakes!? : hoaxes, counterfeits, and deception in early modern science / edited by Marco Beretta and Maria Conforti. |
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| Imprint |
Sagamore Beach : Science History Publications/USA, 2014. |
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| Description |
xv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Content |
text |
| Media |
unmediated |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: I. Is Doctoring Data Always Misconduct? -- Case Studies: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Lansbergen / Owen Gingerich -- II. File down the Data! -- Data Treatment Procedures and False Positives for Fakes in Ptolemy's Almagest / Giorgio Strano -- III. The Significance of Transmutation in Early Modern Alchemy -- The Case of Thurneysser's Half-gold Nail / Didier Kahn -- IV. Transmutations and Frauds in Enlightened Paris -- Lavoisier and Alchemy / Marco Beretta -- V. Coloring Topaz, Crystal and Moonstone -- Factitious Gems and the Imitation of Art and Nature, 300 -- 1500 / Marjoljin Bol -- VI. Divers, Sirens and Fishes The Anatomy of Underwater Creatures / Maria Conforti -- VII. Contrivances of Art -- The Power of Imagery in the Early Modern Culture of Curiosity / Alessandro Tosi -- VIII. Athanasius Kircher's Palingenetic Plant / Ingrid Rowland -- IX. Certain Fakes and Uncertain Facts -- Jan Jonston and the Question of Truth in Religion and Natural History / Daniel Margocsy -- X. An Original Fake -- Closing the Debate on Flammarion's Engraving / Stefano Gattei. |
| Subject(s) |
Fraud.
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Errors, Scientific.
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Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Alchemy.
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| Alternate Author |
Beretta, Marco, editor.
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Conforti, Maria, editor.
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| Alternate Title |
Hoaxes, counterfeits, and deception in early modern science |
| ISBN/ISSN |
40024413032 |
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