The Meiji government translated 10,000 technical books (applied science, industry, etc). Then, Japan became an industrial powerhouse. Must be the greatest industrial policy investment ever made! Once again: the importance of upper human capital. h/t 🔒

#RIP Bob Newhart The Bob Newhart Show with Bob Newhart and Suzanne Pleshette, 1985

watch the skies clear out over the united states after the global tech outage:

Pub date Aug. 20, 2024. Because we could all use a little historical fantasy right about now. Albert Einstein ALA_Booklist Bloomsbury Books UK Bloomsbury U.S.

How a new graphic novel about Einstein got made: tinyurl.com/2dmx97zv Publishers Weekly ken krimstein

Albert Einstein Publishers Weekly ken krimstein Albert's father gave him the most precious gift a dad can give to his child: a compass! Albert's mother encouraged his curiosity. She homeschooled Albert, but not like Evangelic Christians, who leave everything in the hands of an invisible guy in the sky! She knew Nature ruled.

You can’t make this stuff up.

"On tient entre nos mains des feuilles rescapées. Ce livre enserre des récits oubliés, enterrés dans le ghetto de Vilno, retrouvés par les survivants après la guerre (...) Miracle ? Miracle." Tenoua « Vivre », de ken krimstein tenoua.org/ecrire-son-his…

Esta novela gráfica de @KenKrim es ideal para que empieces a conocer la vida de la filósofa #HannahArendt: “Las tres vidas de Hannah Arendt · La tiranía de la verdad” de Salamandra Graphic. Gran pensadora del siglo XX. #Leer #Escribir #Libros #HannahArendt #FelizDomingo

You've never read a book quite like Ken Krimstein's graphic narrative EINSTEIN IN KAFKALAND 📚 On shelves now: geni.us/einsteininkafk…

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Many thanks to Hopeton Hay for this terrific interview on Diverse Voices Book Review. Einstein, Kafka, Mileva (Einstein’s first wife), the process of making a graphic narrative biography, the uncanny magic of Prague. podomatic.com/podcasts/hbhpo…

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Ken Krimstein - &quotEinstein in Kafkaland" allevents.in/chicago/200027…

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