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Reads tagged with “photography”

A Glorious Enterprise: The Making of American Science
A Glorious Enterprise: The Making of American Science

Rare glimpses of strange specimens and obscure images, laced with tales of scientific rivalry and boundless inspiration, with cameos by Thomas Jefferson, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and James Bond.

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William Gottlieb’s Beautiful Vintage Photographs of Jazz Legends, from Billie Holiday to Louis Armstrong
William Gottlieb’s Beautiful Vintage Photographs of Jazz Legends, from Billie Holiday to Louis Armstrong

Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gilespie, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, and Mister, Billie Holiday’s dog, too.

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27 of Humanity’s Strangest Inventions
27 of Humanity’s Strangest Inventions

If you can’t deliver the newspaper on your amphibious bicycle, you can always fax it.

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The Dawn of the Color Photograph: Albert Kahn’s Catalog of Humanity
The Dawn of the Color Photograph: Albert Kahn’s Catalog of Humanity

How an early-twentieth-century French banker shaped your favorite Instagram filters.

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All the Time in the World
All the Time in the World

What a charred ancient tree can teach us about impermanence, deep time, and our place in the universe.

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Joel Robison’s Whimsical Photographic Abstractions of the Joy of Reading
Joel Robison’s Whimsical Photographic Abstractions of the Joy of Reading

Imaginative visual vocabulary for that feeling you can’t put your finger on.

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The Magic of Seeds and the Science of Insuring Earth’s Future
The Magic of Seeds and the Science of Insuring Earth’s Future

What tiny parachutes and a man named Wolfgang have to do with the future of all living species.

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The Smiley Book of Colors
The Smiley Book of Colors

The basics of optimism and color theory, with a nod to neuroscience.

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Glorious Vintage Photos of Early Australian Bike Culture from the Beginning of the 20th Century
Glorious Vintage Photos of Early Australian Bike Culture from the Beginning of the 20th Century

What a handlebar koala has to do with skipping 1000 miles from Melbourne to Adelaide.

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Lost in Learning: Celebrating the Art and Spirit of Discovery
Lost in Learning: Celebrating the Art and Spirit of Discovery

What Galileo has to do with Columbus, The Library of Congress, and rediscovering the great purpose of art.

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