Scale of Universe - Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool. The 50 Best Movies of 2011. From the smallest art films to the biggest blockbusters, documentaries and narratives from more than a dozen different countries, we present the 50 best movies of 2011. 10.
Project Nim In Man on Wire, director James Marsh recounted French tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s exploits, most notably his unauthorized 1974 walk between the Twin Towers that held most of the city of New York breathless for an entire morning. In Project Nim, a team of researchers (only one year earlier, in 1973) sets out to accomplish an even more audacious and thrilling goal—to teach a chimpanzee human sign language and initiate meaningful dialogue. Technically the film is flawless. But the really compelling angle for the film is the very idea of inter-species communication. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (9780805091748): Atul Gawande.
In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives (9781416596585): Steven Levy.