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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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(Almost) Everything You Need to Know about Culture in 10 Books

What the limits of the universe have to do with the history of jazz and the secret of happiness.

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The Filter Bubble: Algorithm vs. Curator & the Value of Serendipity

How the web gives us what we want to see, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.

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Tony Orrico: The Human Spirograph

Mock-mathematics, or how to turn the human body into a graceful precision instrument.

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7 Einstein Classics, Digitized for the First Time

What the theory of relativity has to do with world government and the ethics of nuclear proliferation.

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7 Essential Books on Data Visualization & Computational Art

What 12 million human emotions have to do with civilian air traffic and the order of the universe.

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5 Must-Read Books by TED Global 2011 Speakers

What the pursuit of pleasure has to do with lie-detection, the history of money and the sorrows of work.

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DrawHappy: Ongoing Global Art Project on Happiness

What pie, cats and giant cheese have to do with life’s most elusive aspiration.

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Computational Origami by MIT’s Erik Demaine

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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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Search results for “math”

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

What the limits of the universe have to do with the history of jazz and the secret of happiness.

How the web gives us what we want to see, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.

Mock-mathematics, or how to turn the human body into a graceful precision instrument.

What the theory of relativity has to do with world government and the ethics of nuclear proliferation.

What 12 million human emotions have to do with civilian air traffic and the order of the universe.

What the pursuit of pleasure has to do with lie-detection, the history of money and the sorrows of work.

What pie, cats and giant cheese have to do with life’s most elusive aspiration.

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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