Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Best of the web and History of science and more

Sea of clouds

It doesn't get more tranquil than this: A sea of waves floating blissfully in the waters from the Mediterranean. Düsseldorf-based freelance photographer Jakob Wagner's Sea of Clouds resembles essentially the most inspired artistic depictions of heaven.


Cities of night


As part of his series Darkened Cities, photographer Thierry Cohen shows us what a number of the world's sprawling cities would appear to be within the natural illumination of your billion stars. To acchieve this, he first shot the pollution-free sky and combined it with pictures with the city from the daytime.

The anti-slave alphabet

In 1846 decades prior to the American Civil War  a pair of Quaker sisters, who had been abolitionists, came up with this book for youngsters. The aim of this humanistic primer ended up being to raise a new generation that might campaign against domestic slavery in the usa.


Good reputation for science

From Galileo to Einstein , this squiggly animated short directed by  Lucander will run you through all the major developments from the reputation modern physics.

Cryptic writings

Flavorwire presents a directory of strange manuscripts, many of which have eluded interpretation for years and years. From your 600-year-old Voynich manuscript that depicts strange animals and plants on the Book of Soyga, supposedly compiled by angels and properties of Queen Elizabeth's alchemist John Dee, these weird tomes leaves you scratching your head.

Batman, the hoarder

This awesome parody from the DC comics with the 1960s by artist Kerry Callen sees the caped crusader being a compulsive hoarder.

10 lifehacks from a century ago
Smoking kills, but a hundred years ago these cigarette cards showed people how you can live.Have a look on Mental Floss.

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