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Of weekly wages and the price of wheat—and soaring IQs
Author(s) -
Joyce Helen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2009.00342.x
Subject(s) - graphics , computer science , computer graphics (images)
Graphics can be extremely important in making information understandable. The man who invented statistical graphics was one of those few remarkable men who have changed the way we think. He was also a rogue. Helen Joyce looks at the charts—and the career—of Henry Playfair.