Posts Tagged ‘charts’
“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties”*…
Ratios of Democrats (blue) vs. Republicans (red). Data source: Campaign contribution data from the FEC.
Just some of the occupations covered in Verdant Labs‘ “Democratic vs. Republican Occupations” (a note on methodology here).
* John Adams
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As we choose up sides, we might recall that it was in this date in 1914 that Franz Ferdinand, 51 year old heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was assassinated in Sarajevo, then the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovnia, where he was visiting to inspect the Empire’s troops. A member of the Black Hand nationalist group, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed both the Crown Prince and his wife as they were being driven through the city. The assassination– triggering, as it did, competing accusations and the “calling” of interlocking alliances– ignited World War I, which broke out one month later.
Franz Ferdinand
“Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it”*…
From Google Maps, an altogether-engrossing geographical trivia game: Smarty Pins.
* Terry Pratchett
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As we find our bearings, we might spare a thought for Florence Nightingale; she died on this date in 1910. Famed for her work as a nurse in the Crimean War, she went on to found training facilities and nursing homes– pioneering both medical training for women and what is now known as Social Entrepreneuring. Less well-known are Nightingale’s contributions to epidemiology, statistics, and the visual communication of data in the field of public health. Always good at math, she pioneered the use of the polar area chart (the equivalent to a modern circular histogram or rose diagram) and popularized the pie chart (which had been developed in 1801 by William Playfair).
Nightingale’s “Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the East”
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”*…
(detail)
In 1813, Isaac Eddy and James Wilson created a “Chronology Delineated,” a history from 4000 BC to 1813 AD in the form of a large, living tree on which each branch representing an empire or state.
click here (and again on the image there) for a zoomable version
Via HistoryShots
* Percy Bysshe Shelley
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As we get down with Gibbon, we might note that this, the first day of July, kicks off National Blueberry Month, National Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Hot Dog Month, National Ice Cream Month– and perhaps most saliently, National Anti-Boredom Month.
From our friends at Instuctables: an Anti-Boredom Kit.
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe…”*
Well, maybe not. This handy reference– a pie for each month, accompanied by recipes for each, aims to simplify:
Each recipe highlights an in-season ingredient – no fancy extras needed – and is paired with one of four crust options, depending on the filling…
Check ’em out at “The Modern Farmer Pie Chart of Pies.”
* Carl Sagan
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As we pre-heat, we might recall that it was in 1789 that President George Washington issued a proclamation naming this date as an official holiday of “sincere and humble thanks”– on which the United States celebrated its first Thanksgiving under its new Constitution.
Show and Tell…
Congressmen and women make complex arguments on the floor these days– arguments strengthened by the use of graphics. And so our representatives frequently employ charts, graphs, photos, and other visual aids…
Some are original graphics…
Some are taken for effect from popular media…
And some are animated…
Readers will find a much richer selection of Congressional infographics at the mesmerizing Floor Charts.
Democracy at work!
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As we redouble our doodling, we might recall that it was on this date in 1509 that the first book with Roman type was published in Britain: Ship of Fools, Alexander Barclay’s English adaptation of Narrenschiff, Sebastian Brant’s German poem satirizing all manner of late-fifteenth century folly. It was one of the most successful published works of its age, and as its popularity grew it was translated into several European languages. Printed by Richard Pynson, one of the finest printers of his time, it was immensely popular– one of the first international bestsellers– and paved the way for a new wave of satirical literature.
This printed leaf from the first edition features both Latin and Old English text, and a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer:
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