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A Brief History of Stats Porn
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Andrew Godwin
November 13, 2010
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A Brief History of Stats Porn
A talk I gave at BarCamp London 8 in 2010.
Andrew Godwin
November 13, 2010
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Transcript
History of Stats Porn A brief Andrew Godwin @andrewgodwin
c. 950 AD
Nicole Oresme (1323 - 1382)
C. J. Minard, 1869
E J Marey, 1880s
Joseph Priestley, 1765
William Playfair, 1786
William Playfair, 1801
Florence Nightingale, 1858
Will Burtin, 1951
Charles de Fourcroy, 1782
Dr John Snow, 1854
Luigi Perozzo, 1879
Richard A. Becker and William S. Cleveland, 1987
Lee Byron, 2006
James Moody, 1995
Kai Krause, 2010
David McCandless, 2009
Channel 4 / MySociety, 2009
Jesse Bachman, 2004
Thanks. Andrew Godwin @andrewgodwin http://aeracode.org