Category Archives: Arte

Astronomy Picture of Christmas Day

Posted on December 29, 2023 by babbityjean

NASA, the American Space Agency, awarded a Turin photographer, Valerio Minato, astronomical picture of the day for Christmas 2023.  The image, taken 10 days earlier on December 15, shows the alignment of the Basilica Superga, Monviso, and the moon.  The … Continue reading →

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Smascherare un falso

Posted on March 2, 2023 by babbityjean

Quando il curatore della Biblioteca dell’Università del Michigan ha ricevuto l’e-mail, si preoccupò più che un po’. L’e-mail era di Nick Wilding, storico della Georgia State University, studioso di Galileo ed esperto di falsi. Chiedeva informazioni sulla provenienza di uno … Continue reading →

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Unmasking a Forgery

Posted on March 2, 2023 by babbityjean

When a curator at the University of Michigan Library received the email, he was more than a bit apprehensive.  The email was from Nick Wilding, an historian at Georgia State University, who is a Galileo scholar and an expert on … Continue reading →

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