One surefire way to make fossils exciting are to make them come to life—literally! Perhaps that's why Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park has become one of the hallmarks of American culture over the past thirty years. … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
There aren't any classic novels about self-driving cars (at least not that we could think of). But there are plenty of classic novels about the thing that self-driving cars help you do: travel. And when it comes to futuristic journeys, one of the first that comes to mind is … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: Freakonomics
Freakonomics: It's an economics book with a silly name that become a best-seller, then spawned three follow-up books, and a blog, a radio show, and more. It's kind of surprising for a nonfiction book like this to become such a phenomenon. But the authors would be the first to … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: Walden (The Game)
https://youtu.be/OEJ_59hVPgw For our nature appreciation issue back in February, we recommended Henry David Thoreau's Walden as our classic reconsidered. So in true digital humanities style, we're returning to that classic—but in a new way. … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: All of Them?
Graphs from "The Emotions of London," by Ryan Heuser, Franco Moretti, and Erik Steiner. Instead of looking at a classic work of literature this month, we're looking at all of them. Or, to be more precise, we're looking at a new way of looking at them. … [Read more...]
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