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Walter Isaacson

Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci: Theater impresario

Arts

Why The Last Supper was clearly painted by a theater nerd.

Mona Lisa

Biographer Walter Isaacson, on Leonardo da Vinci’s art and science

Arts

Apple’s iPod marks 10th anniversary today

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Steve Jobs book generating massive buzz for author Walter Isaacson

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Einstein, God and the Universe

Lifestyle & Belief
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Using hip-hop to teach Newton’s Three Laws of Motion, how “Nova” stays current, and the life and times of Albert Einstein.

Walter Isaacson on the iPod’s 10th Anniversary

It was a decade ago today that Apple’s first iPod digital music player was released, forever changing the world’s relationship to music. No longer would people on the move have to choose their favorite handful of CDs for their commute to work or trip to the gym. Entire record collections could suddenly be jammed into […]

New Book Explores the Legacy of Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson’s highly anticipated new biography on Steve Jobs hit book shelves this week and reveals layers of a man most of us never knew. The book has kept Jobs in the global conversation and Howard Rheingold, visiting lecturer in Stanford University’s Department of Communications and author of the book, “Smart Mobs: The Next Social […]

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