Browsing: Books

From African drum languages to the Morse code, iconic science writer James Gleick illustrates the central dogma of information theory in a riveting journey through humanity’s infinite quest to transmit what matters.

Noma Bar’s brilliant negative space illustrations comment on pressing sociopolitical issues with provocative subtlety.

A visual history of the steed upon which women rode into a new world.

A whimsical compendium of 100 odd and obscure words, illustrated artist Polly M. Law’s signature bricolage paper-dolls style.

Statistical stuntsman Hans Rosling shows why the washing machine was the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution, enabling everything from economic development to intellectual growth.

Essential books that bridge music, emotion and cognition, peeling away at that tender intersection of where your brain ends and your soul begins.

Behance founder Scott Belsky breaks down why ideas die and how to avoid it.

Harvard’s Steven Pinker reveals some surprising insights into the history of violence and human nature.

The story of a 1930s system for capturing quantitative information in pictograms that shaped much of today’s visual language.

The incredible vintage illustrations of Soviet mathematician Anatolii Fomenko, exploring the intersection of mathematics and the myth of light geometry.