Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer, "A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication" (Harvard UP, 2021)
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The Golden Age of Data Visualization
The period from 19 hundred on is what i call the modern dark ages of data visualization. The enthusiasm at the state level for these kinds of magnificent graphics had waned and s mentioned, had become a way too expensive to continue on an ongoing basis. Without data, no one can make decisions want what to do about unemployment? Well, in economics, one of the remarkable set of graffs was by phillips. That's right. He dont fashion. They did them in france, but also in the us. And then there were amsporadic atlases in germany, aa, finland, or other places as well. This is a part of
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