Library+of+Imagination

Library of Imagination

1) Model of Human Evolution



We have evolved from walking on all fours to the somewhat civilized people we are now. We created cell phones, laptops, and all the items that are listed below. This is the library of human imagination.

2) Flyer/Kitty Hawk For hundreds of years people have dreamt of flying. They imagined the feeling of lifting of the ground and feeling the weightlessness. Lots of them have made their own "flying machines" and failed. The Wright Brothers did not. On December,17, 1903, Orville Wright made the first powered and piloted flight in history. Although the flight was only 12 seconds long, it was the start of the whole new world of flying.



Click here to see a replica flight of the first Flyer/Kitty Hawk nearly a hundred years after the original flight. (The Youtube user disabled embedding.)

3) Models Architecture by Frank Gehry The Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Experience Music Project building have one thing in common. They are both the result of Frank Gehry's imaginative designing. He and some of the buildings he designed, including his personal residence, were even featured on an episode of the Simpsons. 

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4) The Feather and Hammer Dropped on the Moon On the last moonwalk of Apollo 15, David Scott dropped a hammer and feather to demonstrate the concept of gravity that Galileo had come up with 400 years ago. Galileo went against the beliefs and people in that time period and even whe n everybody said he was crazy he continued on with his research. Unfortunately the people of the renaissance were not very open to Galileo's seemingly crazy ideas. He was charged with heresy and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.



5) A Model of the Original Disneyland and the Current Disneyland "As long as there is imagination left in the world, Disneyland will never be finished." Walt Disney sure was right about that. Disneyland began as a an idea formed by Walt Disney, grew into a few sketches, and finally turned into a 160-acre theme park opened on July 16th, 1955. Walt Disney imagined and created a place where " age relives fond memories of the past ... and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future." Now, more than half a century later, Disneyland is 510 acres with over 50 attractions and has many locations around the world.

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6) An Early Print of the New York Times

Before TV and radio, newspapers were a way to deliver and receive information. And while the New York times isn't the oldest newspaper in the world or even in North America, it remains one of the most widely known newspapers in the world. As people started shifting from newspapers to going online to check the news the New York Times did the same. Their website is the most visited news website in America with more than 18 million different visitors every month. This newspaper has survived through over a hundred fifty years of rapid changes to our society and the world.



<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">7) Original Scores of Antonio Vivaldi (If anybody ever found any) <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Antonio Vivaldi wasn't just a composer, he had a day job too. He worked at an orphanage for girls. He looked over the fact that these girls were not wanted by the rest of society and created an orchestra with them. They eventually became famous and toured all over Europe. For this to happen, Vivaldi had to imagine what those girls could do and help them reach their full potential.

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<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">8) Statue of David <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Before the Renaissance, paintings and sculptures and art in general lacked depth. Paintings looked flat and sculptures had no real detail. With the Statue of David you get an amazing amount of detail. The hair has individual curls and you can actually see the muscle structure. The art of the Renaissance was just a huge step up from the art of previous time periods.

9) Animal Farm by George Orwell Instead of it being a boring textbook about the Russian Revolution, George Orwell used his imagination and made it interesting by using animals. The story still talks about "Animalism" and the abuse of power but on a new and different platform. Orwell gives each of the animals a unique personality that represents a important figure or group of people. Once you actually get into the Russian Revolution it's really quite interesting but at a first glance would you rather read a dusty old textbook or a story about animals?

Animal Farm was made into a animated movie on <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Youtube. 10) Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body This was the first widely available textbook that covered all of human anatomy. No else had thought, or at least taken action, of putting together a complete book. the textbooks before just focused on a specific part of the body. The book is considered a classic work in the subject and now more than a hundred fifty years later forty editions have been published. Considering that this book was first published in 1858 and is still regularly being used is amazing. (It also inspired the name of the TV show Grey's Anatomy.) <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">  From the 20th edition ---> to the current one.