Minard System: The Complete Statistical Graphics of Charles-Joseph Minard - Couverture rigide

Rendgen, Sandra

 
9781616896331: Minard System: The Complete Statistical Graphics of Charles-Joseph Minard
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1616896337 ISBN 13 : 9781616896331
Editeur : Princeton Architectural Press, 2018

Synopsis

If you have any interest in information graphics, maps, or history, you know of the seminal flow map of Napoleon's 1812 march into Russia by Charles- Joseph Minard, made famous by Edward Tufte, and considered to be one of the most magnificent data graphics ever produced. The Minard System explores the nineteenth-century civil engineer's career and the story behind this masterpiece of multivariate data, as well as sixty of Minard's other statistical graphics reflecting social and economic changes of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and around the world. These stunning drawings are from the collection of the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and have never before been published in their entirety.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sandra Rendgen is an author and editor with a focus on information graphics, interactive media, and the history of information visualization. Based in Berlin, Germany, she studied art history and cultural theory and is the co-author of Information Graphics and Understanding the World: The Atlas of Infographics.

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If you have any interest in information graphics, maps, or history, you know of the seminal flow map of Napoleon’s 1812 march into Russia by Charles- Joseph Minard, made famous by Edward Tufte, and considered to be one of the most magnificent data graphics ever produced. The Minard System explores the nineteenth-century civil engineer’s career and the story behind this masterpiece of multivariate data, as well as sixty of Minard’s other statistical graphics reflecting social and economic changes of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and around the world. These stunning drawings are from the collection of the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and have never before been published in their entirety.

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Éditeur
Princeton Architectural Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1616896337
ISBN 13 
9781616896331
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
176
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