Genuine Fakes

Autor*innen

• Lydia Pyne

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• 304 Seiten
• 11 Lesestunden

• Geschichte
• Sachliteratur
• Wissenschaft

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The world is full of genuine fakes--the objects that fall into the space between things that are real and those that are not. Whether or not we think things are authentic is a matter of perspective. From stories of audacious forgeries to feats of technological innovation, historian Lydia Pyne explores how the authenticity of eight genuine fakes--art forgeries, fake fossils, nature documentaries, synthetic flavors, museum exhibits, Maya codices and Paleolithic replicas--depends on their unique combination of history, science and culture

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Einband: Paperback