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Matthew Wills

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Anatomy of a Galileo Forgery

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By Matthew Wills
| JSTOR Daily
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. When a rare copy of Galileo Galilei’s Sidereus Nuncius came on the market in 2005, there was talk it could reach a sales price of $10 million. It was, after all, supposed to be a unique version of one of the most famous documents in the history of science—one that would be authenticated by experts as being signed and illustrated by Galileo himself.
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How National Geographic Conquered American Culture

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By Matthew Wills
| JSTOR Daily
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. How did the National Geographic Society end up becoming, in the words of historian Susan Schulten, “one of the most ubiquitous sources of information and images about the world in American culture” during the twentieth century? As Schulten details, the Society was formed in Washington, DC in 1888 with thirty-three scholars and scientists led by wealthy attorney Gardiner Greene Hubbard.
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The Civil War Fight over Underage Soldiers

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By Matthew Wills
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The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Many Americans feared and distrusted the idea of a standing army into the first half of the nineteenth century. This is illustrated most powerfully in the ability of parents and guardians to use local courts to issue writs of habeas corpus to get their underage children out of the military.
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