Smithsonian Magazine - March 1912

Front Cover: Smithsonian - Titanic: The Survivors' Stories. A natural phenomenon and the machine age converged in the 1912 Titanic Disaster. Illustration by Tim O'Brien. Volume 42, Number 11, March 2012. GGA Image ID # 1109ce2172

Contents

FEATURES

• Shadow of the Titanic
  One hundred years after the ocean liner struck an iceberg and sank, the tragedy still looms large in the popular psyche
  BY ANDREW WILSON ILLUSTRATION BY ROBERT G. LLOYD
• OPTICAL ILLUSION
  A new explanation for the disaster
  ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES FLOYD
• THEY MISSED THE BOAT
  Luminaries who almost took the fateful trip
  BY GREG DAUGHERTY
• National Treasure
  From the Smithsonian Collections
  ONE-STEP WONDER
  The Polaroid SX-70 was the technological marvel of its time
  BY OWEN EDWARDS

SHOOTING STARS

• The New Stars of Photography
  Twelve renowned photographers introduce up-and-coming artists whose works break new ground plus:
• The Unfortunate Traveler
  A NEW POEM BY BILLY COLLINS
• WILLIAM COUPON presents
  Delphine Diaw Diallo
• DAVID BURNETT presents
  Sirio Magnabosco
• DONNA FERRATO presents
  Tomeu Coll
• MARTIN PARR presents
  Robin Maddock
• MARY ELLEN MARK presents
  José Antonio Martinez
• JOEL MEYEROWITZ presents
  Jonathan Smith
• SYLVIA PLACHY presents
  Pilar Belmonte
• BRUCE WEBER presents
  Jeremy Everett
  CINDY SHERMAN presents
  Lisa K. Blatt
• REZA presents
  Farzana Wahidy
• ALBERT WATSON presents
  Keith Coleman
• STEVE WINTER presents
  Chris Linder

COLUMNS

• Profile
  ERROL MORRIS
  By Ron Rosenbaum
• Science
  THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
  By Carl Zimmer
• Food + Culture
  FOOD TRUCK NATION
  By Jonathan Gold
• Books
  A NEW BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES BROWN
  By Chloë Schama

PHENOMENON

• Perception
  ESSAY
  By Diane Ackerman
• DATA VISUALIZATION
  By Sarah Zielinski
• SPEAKING AMERICAN
  By Abigail Tucker
• PHEROMONES
  By Sarah Everts
• WHY ARE SOME FEATHERS BLUE?
  By Helen Fields
• THE CAVE ART DEBATE
  By Andrew Curry
• TRICK OF THE EYE
  By Teller

DEPARTMENTS

• Contributors
• From the Editor
  PERCEPTION AND THE TITANIC
• The Conversation
  LETTERS, E-MAILS AND TWEETS
• From the Castle
  DREAM BUILDING
• Around the Mall
  INSIDE THE BOX
  Video games as art
• PLAYLIST
  QUETZAL: IMAGINAMES
• TRENDING
  SEEING PAST TWILIGHT
• ASK SMITHSONIAN
• HERE & NOW
• Fast Forward
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