Mayan Dresden Codex
The Mayan civilization began two thousands years before the birth of Christ, peaked between A.D. 250 and 900, and began its decline before the Americas were [...]
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Voynich Manuscript
A fifteenth-century codex (“A manuscript volume, complete or fragmentary, as of a classic work or the sacred Scriptures”), discovered in 1912 by rare books dealer [...]
The Book: The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilization
We were completely intrigued when we caught wind of The Book three years ago, and have been following its progress ever since. This Kickstarter project—like so many [...]
An Unlikely Story Event: GRACELING
There is a wonderful, delightful, human-owned, independent book store in Plainville, Massachusetts called An Unlikely Story. Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and [...]
Bird Families Of The World
A few years ago—at the urging of some RainyDayScience readers—we took a look at Vol.16 of the Handbook of Birds of the World (HBW). We were immediately blown away by [...]
Lynx Edicions: Handbook of The Birds Of The World
In this age of the internet, digital books, and iPads, Lynx Edicions has forged a successful paper path. They are able to do that by being the world’s go-to source [...]
Sizing Up The Universe
Last August we wrote a piece called “Two Hundred Light Years.” In it we discussed just how enormous is the known Universe using the “200-light year” [...]
L3: The Book Of Secrets
Our review of books on da Vinci brought forth a welcomed slew of suggestions regarding technological achievements from times past. All of them were fascinating and worthy [...]
Leonardo da Vinci collection
Tesla, Edison, Jobs are names we all know well. We associate them with inventions which forever changed our lives. However, hundreds of years before them lived an inventor [...]
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