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Reads by Maria Popova

Bookbinders: 1961 Documentary Romanticizes Book Craftsmanship
Bookbinders: 1961 Documentary Romanticizes Book Craftsmanship

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What the Number Pi Sounds Like
What the Number Pi Sounds Like

A musician translates each of pi’s first 31 decimals into a note and performs the piece on various instruments to a tempo of 157 beats per minute.

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Gerd Artnz Graphic Designer: The Visual Legacy of 4,000 Symbols
Gerd Artnz Graphic Designer: The Visual Legacy of 4,000 Symbols

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Climate Kid: UNICEF’s Platform for Preparedness
Climate Kid: UNICEF’s Platform for Preparedness

What evolutionary fantasies have to do with the future of practical education.

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How a Book is Made, Circa 1947
How a Book is Made, Circa 1947

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Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine & the Quest to Know Everything
Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine & the Quest to Know Everything

What the perceived masculinity of robots has to do with the future of human knowledge.

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Lost Roll of Film Finds Its Way Home, Virally
Lost Roll of Film Finds Its Way Home, Virally

On lost film, found friendships and the stories we all want to believe could be true.

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Sub City New York: A Cinematic Celebration of Urbanity
Sub City New York: A Cinematic Celebration of Urbanity

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The Invention of ISOTYPE: How a Vintage Visual Language Paved the Way for the Infographics Age
The Invention of ISOTYPE: How a Vintage Visual Language Paved the Way for the Infographics Age

The story of a 1930s system for capturing quantitative information in pictograms that shaped much of today’s visual language.

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Brainman: Inside the Mind of an Autistic Savant
Brainman: Inside the Mind of an Autistic Savant

What the circumference of a circle has to do with on-demand polyglotism.

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