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A history of data visualization and graphic communication / Michael Friendly, Howard Wainer.

By: Friendly, Michael [author.].
Contributor(s): Wainer, Howard [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0674259033; 9780674259034; 9780674259041; 0674259041.Call No.: QA76.9.I52 F74 2021eb QA76.9.I52 Subject(s): Information visualization -- History | Visual communication -- History | Graphic methods -- History | Visual analytics -- History | Visualisation de l'information -- Histoire | Communication visuelle -- Histoire | Méthodes graphiques -- Histoire | Analyse visuelle -- Histoire | SCIENCE / History | Graphic methods | Information visualization | Visual analytics | Visual communicationGenre/Form: HistoryAdditional physical formats: Print version:: History of data visualization and graphic communication.DDC classification: 001.4/226 Other classification: ST 274 Online resources: EBSCOhost
Contents:
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.Local Note(s): Added to collection customer.56279.3Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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