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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.

Editors are the unseen warriors of the writing world. Their work — advising, shaping and cutting a piece of writing to make it more readable — is done in private. Their names are rarely widely known.