{"id":6978,"date":"2011-11-05T08:28:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T12:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=6978"},"modified":"2011-11-05T08:28:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T12:28:51","slug":"what-we-learned-from-5-million-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/6978\/what-we-learned-from-5-million-books\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Learned From 5 Million Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--copy and paste--><object width=\"425\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2011X\/Blank\/ErezLiebermanAiden_2011X-320k.mp4&#038;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/ErezLiebermanAiden_2011X-embed.jpg&#038;vw=512&#038;vh=288&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1227&#038;lang=eng&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=what_we_learned_from_5_million_books;year=2011;theme=words_about_words;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TEDxBoston+2011;tag=Design;tag=Google;tag=Technology;tag=data;tag=library;tag=visualizations;tag=writing;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n&#8220;Have you played with Google Labs&#8217; Ngram Viewer? 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