October 17, 2022

One map for each child of the world

“On Rigor in Science“ . . . In that Empire, the Art of Cartography reached such Perfection that the map of one Province alone took up the whole of a City, and the map of the empire, the whole of a Province. In time, those Unconscionable Maps did not satisfy and the Colleges of Cartographers set up a Map of…

A matter of translation

A misleading interpretation of a word describing the surface of Mars led to a century of deepening belief that intelligent life existed on the planet.

Drawing by Numbers

For those whose drawings were important  in their childhood;  lines, colors, papers and their smell were the way to observe,  imagine, dream, design the experience of the world. If not, go and look for pens or brushes and try again whatever moment you are in your life. During the childhood of astronomy, humans started looking and drawing what they saw …