Reads tagged with “history”

The First Feminist Film (1922)

A woman, a gun, and a practical joke gone awry.

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A Visual History of Presidential Campaign Posters: 200 Years of Election Art from the Library of Congress Archives

A brief visual history of political propaganda design.

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Thomas Edison’s To-Do List, 1888

What ink for the blind has to do with marine telegraphy and electrical pianos.

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Trees of Life: A Visual History of Scientific Diagrams Explaining Evolution

Mapping 450 years of humanity’s curiosity about the living world and the relationships between organisms.

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Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and loathing in six panels.

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Chasing Venus: When the World Came Together to Measure the Heavens

What Ben Franklin, Sweden, and a lucky break in the clouds have to do with the distance to the Sun.

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Live the Questions: Rilke on Embracing Uncertainty and Doubt as a Stabilizing Force

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue.”

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Color Harmony: An Animated Explanation of How Color Vision Works circa 1938

Vintage black-and-white film explains the wonders of color vision.

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Alice in Wonderland, in 24 Vintage Magic Lantern Slides Based on Sir John Tenniel’s Iconic Illustrations

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

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Love Is Wise, Hatred Is Foolish: Bertrand Russell Timeless Message to the Future

What the cult of fact has to do with the essential condition for the survival of the human race.

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Reads tagged with “history”

A woman, a gun, and a practical joke gone awry.

A brief visual history of political propaganda design.

What ink for the blind has to do with marine telegraphy and electrical pianos.

Mapping 450 years of humanity’s curiosity about the living world and the relationships between organisms.

Fear and loathing in six panels.

What Ben Franklin, Sweden, and a lucky break in the clouds have to do with the distance to the Sun.

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue.”

Vintage black-and-white film explains the wonders of color vision.

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

What the cult of fact has to do with the essential condition for the survival of the human race.

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