Reads tagged with “history”

The Man of Numbers: How Fibonacci Changed the World

What Medieval mathematics have to do with remix culture, publishing entrepreneurship, and gamification.

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7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

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How Illuminated Manuscripts Were Made

From the Middle Ages to the Digital Age, or what sheep skin has to do with content curation.

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Albertus Seba’s Amazing Cabinet of Natural Curiosities

Getting a private viewing of the King Bird of Paradise, or how to set the exchange rate for flying squid.

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Ordering the Heavens: A Visual History of Mapping the Universe

From Copernicus to Ancient Korea, or what the Chinese concept of change has to do with Aztec astrology.

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How Alex Steinweiss Invented the Album Cover

A brief history of music for the eyes, or how to go from brown paper to design revolution in 7 pounds.

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7 Celebrations of Nelson Mandela

What Apartheid has to do with Victorian poetry and using peace as a weapon of mass reconstruction.

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The Lists, To-dos and Illustrated Inventories of Great Artists

What a 21-point scale of self-confidence has to do with Adolf Konrad’s carry-on and Picasso’s favorite artists.

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Space Shuttle’s Legacy: A Carl Sagan Remix

What Koyaanisqatsi has to do with William Shatner and the future of space exploration.

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Spomenik: Eerie Retrofuturistic Monuments of the Eastern Bloc

The ghosts of communism, or what alien architecture has to do with societal memory and Serbia’s mountains.

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Reads tagged with “history”

What Medieval mathematics have to do with remix culture, publishing entrepreneurship, and gamification.

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

From the Middle Ages to the Digital Age, or what sheep skin has to do with content curation.

Getting a private viewing of the King Bird of Paradise, or how to set the exchange rate for flying squid.

From Copernicus to Ancient Korea, or what the Chinese concept of change has to do with Aztec astrology.

A brief history of music for the eyes, or how to go from brown paper to design revolution in 7 pounds.

What Apartheid has to do with Victorian poetry and using peace as a weapon of mass reconstruction.

What a 21-point scale of self-confidence has to do with Adolf Konrad’s carry-on and Picasso’s favorite artists.

What Koyaanisqatsi has to do with William Shatner and the future of space exploration.

The ghosts of communism, or what alien architecture has to do with societal memory and Serbia’s mountains.

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