A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication

Michael Friendly *71 and Howard Wainer *68 chronicle the history of data visualization, from plotting distances in the mid-17th century to the modern rush towards visual thinking and the efficiency of good visual data.

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The cover of PAW’s November 2024 issue, featuring an illustration of a military tank that's made out of a pink brain, and the headline "Armed With Ideas: Princetonians lead think tanks through troubled political times."
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November 2024

Princetonians lead think tanks; the perfect football season of 1964; Nobel in physics.