The author Ibram Kendi and The Boston Globe are teaming up to cover racism, inspired by Boston’s 19th-century abolitionist newspapers.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/business/media/boston-globe-ibram-kendi.html
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New World Map Tries to Fix Distorted Views of Earth – The New York Times
Most of the world maps you’ve seen in your life are past their prime. The Mercator was devised by a Flemish cartographer in 1569. The Winkel Tripel, the map style favored by National Geographic, dates to 1921. And the Dymaxion map, hyped by the architect Buckminster Fuller, debuted in a 1943 issue of Life.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/science/new-world-map.html
The Latest Wrinkle in Crumple Theory – The New York Times
From studies of “geometric frustration,” scientists learn how paper folds under pressure.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/science/math-crumple-fragmentation-andrejevic.html