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Reads by Maria Popova

The Coca-Cola Case
The Coca-Cola Case

What Colombian laborers have to do with American foreign policy and the history of soda.

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Open-Sourcing Graphic Design: 3 Projects
Open-Sourcing Graphic Design: 3 Projects

What ugly ampersands have to do with wayfinding and vintage pictograms.

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Harvard’s Steven Pinker on Violence and Human Nature
Harvard’s Steven Pinker on Violence and Human Nature

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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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PICKED: Cry Baby, The Pedal That Rocks The World
PICKED: Cry Baby, The Pedal That Rocks The World

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Albert Einstein: How I See The World
Albert Einstein: How I See The World

What the theory of relativity has to do with barefoot lectures and antisemitism in Europe.

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5 Quirky Coloring Books for The Eternal Kid
5 Quirky Coloring Books for The Eternal Kid

What gangsta rap has to do with children’s healthcare and mid-century illustration.

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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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