July 9, 2011

How the universe has been mapped over time

The Library of Congress has no shortage of really cool multimedia. The latest is featured on brainpickings.org: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/07/07/ordering-the-heavens-library-of-congress/

I love how simple Copernicus and Descartes made it all seem just from the design perspective. Always difficult to display complexity simply.