General Information

Author/Creator

Friendly, Michael, 1945- author.

Language

English.

Published

Cambridge MA ; London : Harvard University Press, 2021.

Physical Description

308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Wainer, Howard, 1943- (joint author.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

"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"--

Subjects

Subject

Information visualization > History.

Visual communication > History.

Graphic methods > History.

Visual analytics > History.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Michael Friendly, Howard Wainer.

Content

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.

ISBN

9780674975231

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	001.4/226 FRI		Reference	-

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