"The Value Of Useless Knowledge" - Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968)
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Ngram
If you haven't seen it before, Google Books has a really neat app called Ngram Viewer. It allows you to search Google's scanned books and compare frequency of words and phrases over time. Easy to use and a lot of fun to play around with. Here's one I ran comparing Punk, Hip Hop and Heavy Metal.
Given the fast rise of Hip Hop I guess I need to stay relevant so here you go:
This is a more politically oriented Ngram: Jeffersonian v Hamiltonian. Interesting results.
My Ngram...Beatles way on top, Rolling Stones and Beach Boys a close second and third in that order. dm
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