Who knew, sometimes, inaccurate drawings are actually more helpful! Robin Sloan writes about the fun and function of oblique drawings.
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Astronomicum Caesareum
Behold the Astronomicum Caesareum, “Perhaps the Most Beautiful Scientific Book Ever Printed” (1540) Did your college math textbooks have moving parts? From 1524 on, a famous German cosmography book came with 5 volvelles! Peter Apian (later knighted for a different book), opted for a novel, tactile-visual teaching style for all earthly and heavenly measurements.… Continue reading Astronomicum Caesareum