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Period: 1300 to 1350
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1325
Voynich Manuscript Early 14th Century
The strange medieval document no one has been able to decipher -
Period: 1350 to 1400
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Period: 1400 to 1500
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1500
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Working in the Late 15th and Early 16th Century -
1525
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
Educated at four Universities: Kraków, Bologna, Padua, Ferrara; and then pursuing a revolution (1491–1503) -
1550
Pre 17th Century: Early Diagrams and Maps
Early 15th century Nicolo Pasqualini chart made for the Cornaro family of Venice -
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Moon drawings created en route to joining Copernicus in his notable revolution above -
17th Century: Measurement & Theory
E.g., Galileo, Newton, Stevin, Roemer, and Huygens -
Edmond Halley (1656-1742)
English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist known for computing Halley’s Comet's orbit -
18th Century: New Graphic Forms
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Charles de Fourcroy (1766–1824)
Another example of the explosion of creativity in graph design -
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910)
Florence called these "coxcomb" or "rose" diagrams, and she made them visually accurately based on area, not lengths -
19th Century: Beginnings of Modern Graphics
E.g., Game of Throne's very own John Snow (1813–1858) -
Charles Joseph Minard (1781-1870)
Frequently lauded as "The Best Figure Ever" -
Luigi Perozzo (1856-1916)
The first 3D graphical representation every -
Early 20th Century: Modern Dark Ages
Nothin's poppin' -
Mid 20th Century: Rebirth
Party's back on -- thanks, computers! -
Late 20th Century: Modern graphics
Where we at is where it's at -
Your most used graphic?
Most ubiquitous graph today? -
Maybe my favorite?
The rise of the infographic