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Fictitious animals on 16th and early 17th century maps hint at how people's perception of the ocean has changed over time
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French designer Xavier Barral pored over 30,000 images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera, selecting the most appealing for his book
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Our book reviewer looks at Red Cloud’s feat and the romance of hot air
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A new biography of the artist reveals the complex inner life of our greatest and most controversial illustrator
A new poem by Linda Bierds
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In a new book, documentary and exhibition, photographer Edward Burtynsky looks at humans' dramatic relationship with water
American poet David Yezzi’s latest composition
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An artist reveals how each book has its own unique color spectrum
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Some of the best books to put on your reading list
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With a little ingenuity, a 1930s cartographer left his mark on the society
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Exploring the life and times of the beloved English novelist
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An artist-scientist duo shares nearly 100 images of modern art with a ghastly twist—they're all close-ups of human diseases and other ailments
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From The Poky Little Puppy to Doctor Dan the Bandage Man, Little Golden Books have been a childhood staple since 1942
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Scholar W. Bernard Carlson explores Tesla's experiments with automatons and radio controlled boats in this excerpt from his new book
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It is now nearly invisible in word-processing programs, but it was one of the most elaborate of manuscript ornaments
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Looking for a good book? We’ve got some suggestions
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A new biography looks to document how the scientist thought of so many inventions, some of which are housed at the American History Museum
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Also out in June: the math of life and the lives of astronauts’ wives
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A surprising examination of the original book jacket art to The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald couldn’t resist putting his own life into his novels, but where’s the line between truth and fiction?
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