A Brief History of Stats Porn

A talk I gave at BarCamp London 8 in 2010.

1. History of Stats Porn A brief Andrew Godwin @andrewgodwin
2. c. 950 AD
3. Nicole Oresme (1323 - 1382)
4. C. J. Minard, 1869
5. E J Marey, 1880s
6. Joseph Priestley, 1765
7. William Playfair, 1786
8. William Playfair, 1801
9. Florence Nightingale, 1858
10. Will Burtin, 1951
11. Charles de Fourcroy, 1782
12. Dr John Snow, 1854
13. Luigi Perozzo, 1879
14. Richard A. Becker and William S. Cleveland, 1987
15. Lee Byron, 2006
16. James Moody, 1995
17. Kai Krause, 2010
18. David McCandless, 2009
19. Channel 4 / MySociety, 2009
20. Jesse Bachman, 2004
21. Thanks. Andrew Godwin @andrewgodwin http://aeracode.org