A history of data visualization and graphic communication /
Friendly, Michael,
A history of data visualization and graphic communication / Michael Friendly, Howard Wainer. - 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the beginning... -- The first graph got it right -- The birth of data -- Vital statistics: William Farr, John Snow and cholera -- The big bang: William Playfair, the father of modern graphics -- The origin and development of the scatterplot -- The golden age of statistical graphics -- Escaping Flatland -- Visualizing time and space -- Graphs as poetry.
"Statistical graphing was born in the seventeenth century as a scientific tool, but it quickly escaped all disciplinary bounds. Today graphics are ubiquitous in daily life. Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer detail the history of data visualization and argue that it has not only helped us solve problems, but it has also changed the way we think"--
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B3BBD71D-CF3D-42FA-B628-92D737892EBC OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctv31x598j JSTOR
Information visualization--History.
Visual communication--History.
Graphic methods--History.
Visual analytics--History.
Visualisation de l'information--Histoire.
Communication visuelle--Histoire.
M�ethodes graphiques--Histoire.
Analyse visuelle--Histoire.
SCIENCE / History.
Graphic methods
Information visualization
Visual analytics
Visual communication
History
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A history of data visualization and graphic communication / Michael Friendly, Howard Wainer. - 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the beginning... -- The first graph got it right -- The birth of data -- Vital statistics: William Farr, John Snow and cholera -- The big bang: William Playfair, the father of modern graphics -- The origin and development of the scatterplot -- The golden age of statistical graphics -- Escaping Flatland -- Visualizing time and space -- Graphs as poetry.
"Statistical graphing was born in the seventeenth century as a scientific tool, but it quickly escaped all disciplinary bounds. Today graphics are ubiquitous in daily life. Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer detail the history of data visualization and argue that it has not only helped us solve problems, but it has also changed the way we think"--
0674259033 9780674259034 9780674259041 0674259041
B3BBD71D-CF3D-42FA-B628-92D737892EBC OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctv31x598j JSTOR
Information visualization--History.
Visual communication--History.
Graphic methods--History.
Visual analytics--History.
Visualisation de l'information--Histoire.
Communication visuelle--Histoire.
M�ethodes graphiques--Histoire.
Analyse visuelle--Histoire.
SCIENCE / History.
Graphic methods
Information visualization
Visual analytics
Visual communication
History
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