Fakes!? Hoaxes, Counterfeits and Deception in Early Modern Science History of Medicine and Sweden

and Sweden

invented around 1590 in Italy

the military

was published in three volumes in Florence in 1793–94

“The title doesn’t quite capture what the reader finds between the covers

Fakes!? Hoaxes, Counterfeits and Deception in Early Modern Science History of Medicine and SwedenBeretta, Marco, and Maria Conforti, eds., 2014 xv + 280pp., illus., 6 x 9, gatefold paperback Table of Contents Introduction v by Marco Beretta and Maria Conforti 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 Ptolemys Almagest Giorgio Strano III The Significance of Transmutation in Early Modern Alchemy The Case of