Sky & time
A brass sky written in calligraphy
Art and calculation inhabit the same small instrument.
Look closerA whole world hiding in plain sight.
Strange histories, remarkable objects and books that still change how we see.
Stories
The page that holds a seaweed shadow.
Look at the edge of the page. A different story begins there.
Follow a storyThe Gallery
Find the octopus.
Two faces, a tangle of arms, and a carving worth a second look.
Look closerThe Library
Open a book. Enter another world.
Fiction, inquiry and extraordinary ideas—with the edition kept in view.
Find your next readSix things to get lost in.
Real objects. More than one way to look.
Nature
Seaweed written in blue light
A scientific specimen becomes a luminous photographic page.
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Ingenious objects
Find the octopus
A small carved scene rewards a second look.
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Nature
The hippo wearing its river
Lotus plants carry a river habitat across a blue body.
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Sky & time
A solar system for the mantelpiece
The heavens, brought indoors through ingenious making.
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Nature
The rhinoceros as engraved spectacle
An animal becomes an astonishing patterned surface.
Look closerOpen a different world.
Three good places to begin.
Evidence & inquiry
Micrographia
Historical science
A flea becomes a monster. A sliver of cork becomes a hidden world.
Explore this editionStrange worlds
Flatland
Mathematical fiction & social satire
A square meets a sphere—and discovers the limits of an entire world.
Explore this editionStrange worlds
Frankenstein
Gothic fiction
Creating life is only the beginning. Who owes what to the being left behind?
Explore this editionThe Almanac
A collection worth keeping.
Follow a small sequence of objects and books. Explore the collection here, without an account or a purchase.