It's Okay To Be Smart

  • About
  • Twitter
  • Science Links
  • Random
  • Archive
  • RSS
  • Ask me questions
banner

The Astronomy/Design Story Behind Joy Division’s Legendary Album Cover

Did you know that the cover of Unknown Pleasures is the readout of the first observed pulsar, a rapidly rotating and electromagnetic star?

(via Co.Design)

Source: fastcodesign.com

    • #science
    • #music
    • #design
    • #pulsar
    • #space
    • #joy division
    • #video
  • 7 months ago
  • 140
  • Comments
  • Permalink
Share

Short URL

TwitterFacebookPinterestGoogle+

140 Notes/ Hide

  1. juxtaposedmusic reblogged this from asimplehistory
  2. himynameisalexanicetomeetyou reblogged this from hi-brizil
  3. devilsknob reblogged this from emdn
  4. emdn reblogged this from asimplehistory and added:
    The Astronomy/Design Story Behind Joy Division’s Legendary Album Cover Did you know that the cover of Unknown Pleasures...
  5. asimplehistory reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  6. kat-of-the-canals reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    The Astronomy/Design Story Behind Joy Division’s Legendary Album Cover Did you know that the cover of Unknown Pleasures...
  7. iamawakenow likes this
  8. jvdbooks reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  9. cinquedragownes likes this
  10. ndavid42 reblogged this from davedubois and added:
    roppantul szeretnék egy ilyen mintás pólót, de nem a joy division miatt (amit soha nem hallgattam), hanem a pulzár miatt
  11. patefoni likes this
  12. ahoosieratheart likes this
  13. rockmebruce likes this
  14. d-nett likes this
  15. davedubois reblogged this from we-are-star-stuff
  16. calexclark likes this
  17. someactorkid likes this
  18. x-fadetoblack-x likes this
  19. ontheshoresofinfinity likes this
  20. jerrydinky likes this
  21. brandonpasqual likes this
  22. sarcastic-bombastic likes this
  23. we-are-star-stuff reblogged this from sagansense
  24. menyphazes likes this
  25. incomprehensibleuniverse likes this
  26. napatantutu reblogged this from sagansense
  27. napatantutu likes this
  28. scienceandswanson reblogged this from sagansense
  29. thisrobotheart reblogged this from sagansense
  30. variationintime likes this
  31. kugel-blitz likes this
  32. hereternallegacy likes this
  33. buzzlightyearsu likes this
  34. saltskinned likes this
  35. sagansense reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  36. yellowbeads reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  37. pop-rocks-blowjob reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  38. reblooged reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    Reblooged~!
  39. soundspinning likes this
  40. galactosa likes this
  41. zombiesatekatie reblogged this from thelunaticinyourhead and added:
    my tattoo is not only musical, but scientific as well. hells yeah bitches.
  42. zombiesatekatie likes this
  43. jarnowolf likes this
  44. the-girl-who-played-with-fireeee reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  45. voicelove likes this
  46. sheisking likes this
  47. garcjosh reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  48. doopdoop likes this
  49. ucdmixtapesociety reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  50. zombitard likes this
  51. Show more notesLoading...

Recent comments

Blog comments powered by Disqus
← Previous • Next →

Portrait/Logo

About

I'm Joe Hanson, Ph.D. biologist and host/writer of PBS Digital Studios' It's Okay To Be Smart. Check out my "Episode Extras" here. There's a lot of amazing science out there. Let's go discover it together.

"Everyone's favorite Feynman of the Tumblr era" - Maria Popova

Joe's science book recommendations, from brains to biology to space to art to physics.

One of Time Magazine's 30 Must-See Tumblrs - 2012

Featured in The Best Science Writing Online - 2012

Elsewhere:
Contact me
Follow me on Twitter
(Email: itsokaytobesmart at gmail)

Let's learn something together. Click the "Share" button to send a post to Twitter, Facebook, or Google+

I'm working to change the way science is communicated and restore it to its rightful place. This is an indie blog that takes many hours a week to publish. If you'd like to support It's Okay To Be Smart, please consider even a small donation. Together we CAN!

Want to see more great science-y stuff? Check out my LINKS page for some of my favorites.

The Curator's Code

Twitter

loading tweets…

  • RSS
  • Random
  • Archive
  • Ask me questions
  • Mobile
Effector Theme by Pixel Union