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Did you know that the cover of Joy Division’s legendary 1979 album Unknown Pleasures is early data visualization of the first observed pulsar, a rapidly rotating electromagnetic star?

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10-17-2012
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    this was so fucking cool beyond just how it looks.
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    Did you know that the cover of Joy Division’s legendary 1979 album Unknown Pleasures is early data visualization of the...
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    pulsar research anecdote.
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