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The Dot and the Line: A 1965 Romance in Lower Mathematics by Norton Juster
The Dot and the Line: A 1965 Romance in Lower Mathematics by Norton Juster

On finding the girl who is perfect from every direction.

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Mathemagician Vi Hart Explains the Science of Sound, Frequency and Pitch
Mathemagician Vi Hart Explains the Science of Sound, Frequency and Pitch

From the cochlea to Coachella, or what mathematical ratios have to do with the enjoyability of melodies.

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Vi Hart’s Playful Mathematics: <em>Flatland</em> on a Möbius Strip
Vi Hart’s Playful Mathematics: Flatland on a Möbius Strip

What Victorian novellas have to do with higher mathematics, optical illusions and illustration.

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Truth, Beauty, Math and Crocheting
Truth, Beauty, Math and Crocheting

Why your grandmother’s favorite pastime proves mathematicians are a bunch of clueless hacks.

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Something About the Sky: Rachel Carson’s Lost Serenade to the Science of the Clouds, Found and Illustrated by Artist Nikki McClure
Something About the Sky: Rachel Carson’s Lost Serenade to the Science of the Clouds, Found and Illustrated by Artist Nikki McClure

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Mathemagician Vi Hart Explains Spirals and Fibonacci Numbers in Doodles and Vegetables
Mathemagician Vi Hart Explains Spirals and Fibonacci Numbers in Doodles and Vegetables

What snuggled-up slug cats have to do with the math of cosmic wonder and simple beginnings.

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Soviet Artist and Mathematician Anatolii Fomenko’s Mathematical Impressions
Soviet Artist and Mathematician Anatolii Fomenko’s Mathematical Impressions

What Soviet science has to do with German Expressionism and the logic of intuition.

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String Portraits: Vintage Photographs of Young People Learning Mathematics via One Visionary Educator’s Playful Hands-on Method
String Portraits: Vintage Photographs of Young People Learning Mathematics via One Visionary Educator’s Playful Hands-on Method

String theory for the rest of us, or what vintage photography has to do with gaming for good.

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Marie Howe’s Stunning Hymn of Humanity, Animated
Marie Howe’s Stunning Hymn of Humanity, Animated

“It began as an almost inaudible hum…”

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Jonathan Franzen on How to Write About Nature, with a Side of Rachel Carson and Alice in Wonderland
Jonathan Franzen on How to Write About Nature, with a Side of Rachel Carson and Alice in Wonderland

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