Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer, "A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication" (Harvard UP, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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No, No, It Was Number One, a Basale
The napoleon march graphic is the only historical graphical representation that shows a national defeat. He wanted to show the folly of generals and politicians who for glory, for their own personal glory, would risk the lives of his own people. And it is for that reason that the grat was so powerful, because it's essentially a visual explanation of why napoleon lost,.
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