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Reads tagged with “history”

Summer Reading: 5 Curated Recommendations
Summer Reading: 5 Curated Recommendations

19th-century adventures, secret societies, and what not watching TV has to do with Wikipedia.

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Information Pioneers: The Unsung Heroes of the Information Age
Information Pioneers: The Unsung Heroes of the Information Age

What striking down Hitler has to do with laying the groundwork for the iPhone.

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The Power of Art: From Rembrandt to Rothko
The Power of Art: From Rembrandt to Rothko

Eight ways to move beyond prettiness, or what the BBC has to do with the appreciation of abstraction.

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An Odyssey Through Asian Art & Art History
An Odyssey Through Asian Art & Art History

What porcelain has to do with Afghanistan, or how to break into China’s Forbidden City.

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Leonard Bernstein and the Anatomy of Music
Leonard Bernstein and the Anatomy of Music

Deconstructing Bach, or what Noam Chomsky has to do with the history of jazz.

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5 Seminal Vintage Russian Animation Short Films
5 Seminal Vintage Russian Animation Short Films

What dancing ballerinas and hungry kings have to do with the dawn of the digital age.

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The Genius of Design: A BBC Design Retrospective
The Genius of Design: A BBC Design Retrospective

What plastic chairs have to do with German partisanship and how women use the kitchen.

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Historypin: Past Meets Present in Street View
Historypin: Past Meets Present in Street View

What urban storytelling has to do with the end of WWII and Google Maps mashups.

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Ayn Rand on Love as a Business Deal: The 1959 Interview
Ayn Rand on Love as a Business Deal: The 1959 Interview

Why state and economics should remain separate and what the true currency of love is.

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Urban Hackscapes: Augmented Reality 1.0
Urban Hackscapes: Augmented Reality 1.0

iPhone vs. pencil, or what the Library of Congress has to do with cartoon dinosaurs.

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