The library in question is owned by retired Johns Hopkins University Humanities professor Richard A. Macksey and is found in his home in Maryland. His entire house is this crammed with books, an estimated 70,000 volumes, along with a collection of manuscripts and fine art. The library is estimated to be worth some $4 million, and Macksey has bequeathed the collection to the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries.
Makers are by nature a curious lot. We feel compelled to look under the hood of the objects and ideas in our lives, to discover how everything works, and to try and improve upon what we can. We’re lifelong learners. And many of us also have the teaching bug where the other side of learning something is the desire to share the process and products of discovery with others.
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