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A Georgia State University professor has proven that the University of Michigan’s Galileo manuscript is a 20th-century forgery. The manuscript was first a 1609 draft of a letter offering the use of ...

For nearly a century, the library at the University of Michigan had proudly displayed the so-called "Galileo manuscript" — a document believed to be written by the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei.

Jindřich Štyrský, illustration for ‘Zastřený profil’ (1940) by Miloš Marten (all image courtesy the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library) The founding of the Republic of Czechoslovakia in 1918 also led to ...

Edwin Frank is somewhat of a legend. The editorial director of New York Review Books and founder of the New York Review Books Classics series, his discernment has helped shape highbrow literary tastes ...

Rachel Moss works for Trinity College Dublin. In the past she has received funding from the Irish Research Council and Bank of America Merrill Lynch for research work relevant to this article. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. This article is more than 3 years old. The Dunning-Kruger ...