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Arnold Schoenberg’s Music Notation Based on Tennis: A Tribute to George Gershwin
Arnold Schoenberg’s Music Notation Based on Tennis: A Tribute to George Gershwin

What the U.S. Open has to do with atonality and one of the great losses of twentieth-century music.

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Illustrated Three-Line Novels by the One-Man Twitter of 1906 France
Illustrated Three-Line Novels by the One-Man Twitter of 1906 France

What an early 20th-century Parisian dandy had to do with political theater and the rise of micro-nonfiction.

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19th-Century Anthropomorphic Animals from the NYPL Archives
19th-Century Anthropomorphic Animals from the NYPL Archives

What kimono-wearing rabbits and ice-skating camels have to do with solving information overload.

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1493: An Uncommon History of How Columbus Changed the World
1493: An Uncommon History of How Columbus Changed the World

What events from half a millennium ago can teach us about the globalization debate today.

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The Myth of Popular Culture: Why ‘Highbrow’ & ‘Lowbrow’ Don’t Work
The Myth of Popular Culture: Why ‘Highbrow’ & ‘Lowbrow’ Don’t Work

From Dante to Dylan, or what nineteenth-century phrenology has to do with the codification of bigotry.

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Al Jaffee’s Iconic MAD Fold-Ins: The Definitive Collection, 1964-2010
Al Jaffee’s Iconic MAD Fold-Ins: The Definitive Collection, 1964-2010

Half a century of clever visual satire from pop culture to politics, or what Warhol had to do with Whitewater.

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The Ghost Map: Hard Lessons in Epidemiology from Victorian London
The Ghost Map: Hard Lessons in Epidemiology from Victorian London

What an ill Victorian infant has to do with the power of maps and the future of modern cities.

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A Definitive Guide to Leonardo da Vinci’s Paintings and Drawings
A Definitive Guide to Leonardo da Vinci’s Paintings and Drawings

From anatomy to aviation, or what Leonardo’s drawings reveal about cross-disciplinary creativity.

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11 Piano Lessons in 9 Minutes from Iconic Jazz Pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines
11 Piano Lessons in 9 Minutes from Iconic Jazz Pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines

A brief history of jazz piano techniques.

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Noam Chomsky Explains the Cold War in 5 Minutes
Noam Chomsky Explains the Cold War in 5 Minutes

What the gist of the Cold War can teach us about the nature of international violence, peace, and democracy.

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