A history of data visualization and graphic communication /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Friendly, Michael (Author), Wainer, Howard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
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 communication
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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