The Minard System: The Complete Statistical Graphics of Charles-Joseph Minard: From the Collection of the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees - Rilegato

Rendgen, Sandra

 
9781616896331: The Minard System: The Complete Statistical Graphics of Charles-Joseph Minard: From the Collection of the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees
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ISBN 10: 1616896337 ISBN 13: 9781616896331
Casa editrice: Princeton Architectural Pr, 2018

Sinossi

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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Informazioni sull'autore

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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Editore
Princeton Architectural Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2018
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1616896337
ISBN 13 
9781616896331
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
173
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
Abrams & Chronicle Vertrieb
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