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'''Nick Wilding''' is a British [[historian]]. He became internationally known in connection with the alleged Galileo drawings which he exposed as fakes.<ref>Seth: [http://www.loomcom.com/blog/2013/02/17/an-almost-perfect-forgery/ An Almost Perfect Forgery], February 17 in 2013</ref><ref>Stefano Gattei in ''Book Reviews on the History of Science'' am 10. Dezember 2012: [http://www.museogalileo.it/en/newsletterslist/nunciusnewsletter_06_2012_eng/book_reviews_06_2012.html ''Horst Bredekamp (ed.), Galileo's O''], January 4 in 2014</ref> |
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* Library Blog der Georgia State University, [http://homer.gsu.edu/blogs/library/2012/09/26/gsu-faculty-member-uncovers-fake-book-sold-by-corrupt-library-director/ ''GSU Faculty Member Uncovers Fake Book Sold By Corrupt Library Director''] |
* Library Blog der Georgia State University, [http://homer.gsu.edu/blogs/library/2012/09/26/gsu-faculty-member-uncovers-fake-book-sold-by-corrupt-library-director/ ''GSU Faculty Member Uncovers Fake Book Sold By Corrupt Library Director''] |
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Revision as of 17:51, 19 June 2015
Nick Wilding is a British historian. He became internationally known in connection with the alleged Galileo drawings which he exposed as fakes.[1][2]
Life
Wilding studied English at New College, Oxford. After his B. A. with highest honors in 1992 he made in 1993 at the University of Warwick his Masters with a thesis on Renaissance. Subsequently, he conducted research at the European University Institute and in 2000 he received his doctorate for PhD with a dissertation on natural philosophy and communication in early modern Europe.
He carried out postdoctoral research at Stanford University, and from 2002 to 2005 at University of Cambridge. 2005/2006 Wilding was at Columbia University, 2006/2007 at University of Miami, and since 2007 as Assistant Professor at Georgia State University.
In 2012 Wilding was able to prove on the basis of forensic evidence that a special edition of Sidereus Nuncius of Galileo Galilei consisting of unknown ink drawings which was found in 2005 and designated as authentic actually was a fake that had been brought by the Italian antiquarian Marino Massimo De Caro in the U.S. antique trade.[3][4]
External links
- Faculty Homepage of Nick Wilding
- Library Blog der Georgia State University, GSU Faculty Member Uncovers Fake Book Sold By Corrupt Library Director
References
- ^ Seth: An Almost Perfect Forgery, February 17 in 2013
- ^ Stefano Gattei in Book Reviews on the History of Science am 10. Dezember 2012: Horst Bredekamp (ed.), Galileo's O, January 4 in 2014
- ^ Elisabetta Povoledo: At Root of Italy Library’s Plunder, a Tale of Entrenched Practices, The New York Times, August 11 in 2012
- ^ Nicholas Schmidle: “A Very Rare Book”. The mystery surrounding a copy of Galileo’s pivotal treatise, The New Yorker, December 16 in 2013
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