Reads tagged with “history”

Galileo vs. God: The Father of Modern Science on Religion, Truth, and Human Nature

“Who indeed will set bounds to human ingenuity? Who will assert that everything in the universe capable of being perceived is already discovered and known?”

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The Pale Blue Dot: A Timeless Valentine to the Cosmos

“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.”

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A Graphic Biography of Darwin

The evolution of the father of evolution, illustrated.

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The Quicksand of Existence: Sylvia Plath on Life, Death, Hope, and Happiness

“The present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead.”

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How to Be a Decent Person: Charles Dickens’s Letter of Advice to His Youngest Son

“Never take a mean advantage of anyone in any transaction, and never be hard upon people who are in your power.”

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Alexander Graham Bell on Originality, Plagiarism, Language, and Education

“Our most original compositions are composed exclusively of expressions derived from others.”

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High Times: An Illustrated History of Aviation

From Icarus to the Wright Brothers, by way of hot air balloons and dirigibles.

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Thomas Edison, Power-Napper: The Great Inventor on Sleep and Success

“Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.”

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Jules Verne: Prophet of Science Fiction

How the father of science fiction presaged airplanes, submersible warfare, space travel, and fuel cells.

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How Cinelli Revolutionized the Art and Design of the Bicycle

A visual history of how Italian designer Cino Cinelli shaped the standards for modern cycling.

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Reads tagged with “history”

“Who indeed will set bounds to human ingenuity? Who will assert that everything in the universe capable of being perceived is already discovered and known?”

“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.”

The evolution of the father of evolution, illustrated.

“The present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead.”

“Never take a mean advantage of anyone in any transaction, and never be hard upon people who are in your power.”

“Our most original compositions are composed exclusively of expressions derived from others.”

From Icarus to the Wright Brothers, by way of hot air balloons and dirigibles.

“Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.”

How the father of science fiction presaged airplanes, submersible warfare, space travel, and fuel cells.

A visual history of how Italian designer Cino Cinelli shaped the standards for modern cycling.

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