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| Near the British Library
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| The clock tower on King's Cross station.
| One end of Saint Pancras railway station.
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| The length of Saint Pancras.
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| Close-up.
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| British Library
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| The huge statue of Isaac Newton hunched over a projector (measuring
angles) in the British Library's piazza.
| Another perspective of the statue. I kept the bike rack (at left) in
the frame to provide a sense of scale.
| A printing press in a corner in the basement, no plaque or sign or
anything.
| A video showing the coolest optical illusion I've ever seen: a piece of
art called Paradoxymoron by Patrick Hughes. Excellent.
It's in the British Library's basement.
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| A multi-storied bookcase known as The King's Library (because it's books
collected by King George III and donated in 1823).
| A view of the British Library's cafe and restaurant seating in the
central atrium.
| The functional sofa sculpture Book, Ball & Chain by Bill Woodrow.
What does it mean? That a good book is impossible to put down, to
escape? That the books in the British Library are trapped, imprisoned?
(You can read the books in the library but cannot check any out.)
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