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  1685 (undated)     Description A remarkable finely engraved 1685 map of the surface of the Sun by Johann Zahn. The view provides a dramatic image of the Sun based upon the revolutionary 1665 work of the Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher (1602 - 1680). The map was engraved for Zahns important study of optics and optical devices, the Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus Sive Telescopium. In this view, the Sun, presented as a large wall hanging in an Italianate portico, is defined by erup...

Every three years, people try to patch a poorly crafted copyright law Share Copy Analysis Right-to-repair advocates are arguing with the US government over what legal powers people have to fix or upgrade their own kit without paying manufacturers. On June 22, 2020, the US Copyright Office put out a call for petitions to renew existing exemptions to the copyright law that prohibits bypassing the digital locks that control access to software and hardware, and to propose new exemptions. Th...

Maurice Pialat’s The Mouth Agape looks death in the eye without sentimentality or embellishment The Mouth Agape is shockingly un-aestheticised. If Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers was a “dream, then this is the nightmare equivalent. Baradwaj Rangan December 12, 2020 17:59:30 IST Still from The Mouth Agape What is death? To the dying, it’s the end of a protracted...