diagram

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Near the opening of his book on the intersection of science and music, Stephon Alexander shares a diagram created by John Coltrane: a mandala-like circle that evokes the cycle of musical keys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

“I discovered puppetry around the same time, because it’s sort of the center of that Venn diagram of crafts, fine arts, engineering and acting,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

If you think of the decisions of political leaders like a Venn diagram, often those circles don't do a lot of overlapping.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

It would seem that the Venn diagram that appeared on-screen during the performance was intentional, as rife with meaning as her use of the word “push.”

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

Watson, however, later simplified the diagram to indicate information flow from DNA to RNA to protein that was later called the “central dogma.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee