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Fashioning Apollo: How the Spacesuit Was Designed
Fashioning Apollo: How the Spacesuit Was Designed

What Neil Armstrong has to do with combinatorial creativity, underdog innovators, and sports bras.

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An Illustrated Visualization of What Happens on Earth in a Single Second
An Illustrated Visualization of What Happens on Earth in a Single Second

What a whale’s song has to do with the Helios II satellite and the beat of the pigmy shrew’s heart.

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I Want My Hat Back: A Darkly Delightful Masterpiece by Jon Klassen
I Want My Hat Back: A Darkly Delightful Masterpiece by Jon Klassen

“My hat is gone. Nobody has seen it.”

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The Modernist Nerd: Vintage Science Ads from the 1950s-1960s
The Modernist Nerd: Vintage Science Ads from the 1950s-1960s

What a “honeycomb sandwich” has to do with space travel and reconnaissance systems.

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Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Eames: The Architect and the Painter

From fiberglass to James Franco, or what Ice Cube has to do with designing the American imagination.

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The 11 Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2011
The 11 Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2011

Illustrated correspondence, rock’n’roll, and what an old Kurt Vonnegut has to do with a young Hemingway.

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Max Fleischer’s Original 1947 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Animation
Max Fleischer’s Original 1947 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Animation

How Santa’s ninth reindeer made his on-screen debut.

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The Best Food Books of 2011
The Best Food Books of 2011

From farm life to molecular gastronomy, or what The Beatles have to do with the history of menu design.

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Product Design: A PBS Off Book Documentary
Product Design: A PBS Off Book Documentary

What safe sex has to do with 3-D printing, robotics, and education in the developing world.

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Matthew Picton’s Map Sculptures of Cities Made of Books about the City
Matthew Picton’s Map Sculptures of Cities Made of Books about the City

From Hunter S. Thompson to Wagner, or what Ulysses has to do with news headlines from 9/11.

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