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No Ordinary Genius: BBC Captures Richard Feynman’s Legacy
No Ordinary Genius: BBC Captures Richard Feynman’s Legacy

Explaining the scientific process with chess, or why childlike wonder is key to getting unstuck in science.

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How “the Most Beautiful Woman in the World” Invented a System for Remote-Controlling Torpedoes That Laid the Groundwork for Wifi
How “the Most Beautiful Woman in the World” Invented a System for Remote-Controlling Torpedoes That Laid the Groundwork for Wifi

“When you talk to a sympathetic mind about technology, gender, age and experience disappear completely.”

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The 11 Best Photography Books of 2011
The 11 Best Photography Books of 2011

What the world’s last living nomads have to do with Victorian strongwomen, tweed, and the unseen Beatles.

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The 11 Best Illustrated Children’s and Picture Books of 2011
The 11 Best Illustrated Children’s and Picture Books of 2011

From evil stepmothers to Edward Gorey, or what Richard Dawkins has to do with Hindu deities.

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Animals Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before
Animals Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before

From armadillos to zebras, or what championship chickens have to do with a giant octopus.

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The 11 Best Science Books of 2011
The 11 Best Science Books of 2011

From Infinity to Fibonacci, or what religious mythology has to do with the inner workings of field science.

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Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Greatest Type Designers
Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Greatest Type Designers

A voyeuristic look at the underbelly of the art-science of typography.

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Venus with Biceps: A Pictorial History of Athletic Women
Venus with Biceps: A Pictorial History of Athletic Women

Exploring gender identity and cultural disposition through rare archival images from 1800-1980.

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Jerry’s Map: 2,000 Panels of Cartographic Imagination
Jerry’s Map: 2,000 Panels of Cartographic Imagination

Inside the mind of a musser, or what crude maps of the imagination have to do with the seven of diamonds.

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From Philosophy to Art, 10 Essential Books on Protest
From Philosophy to Art, 10 Essential Books on Protest

What Billie Holiday has to do with Burma, growing your own marijuana, and the American Revolution.

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