Category Archives: Foto

The Telephone Booth

Posted on December 7, 2023 by babbityjean

For almost a hundred years, the telephone booth has been an icon in popular culture.  It was the changing room for Clark Kent’s transformation to Superman.  It was the negotiating room for spies and counterspies in films like North by … 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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