In his now-classic book “The Visual Display of Quantitative Information,” Edward Tufte showcased a thematic map by the French civil engineer Charles Joseph Minard. Drawn in 1861, the map uses various ...

The computer has provided a revolutionary tool to represent information visually. Its power is clearly demonstrated by the captivating power of today's video games. While usually describing a ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Data visualization. Infographics. Ooh, better ...

Statistician Howard Wainer and psychologist Michael Friendly are numbers magicians — they make the invisible visible. Two of the world’s leading figures in the field of data visualization, they are co ...

Purpose. Displays comparing the performance of healthcare providers are largely based on commonsense. To review the literature on the impact of compositional format and content of quantitative data ...

Liquid Crystal Displays (or LCDs) are widely used these days for visual display of data. They are controlled by a microcontroller/microprocessor. A typical LCD ...

Snap.com offers an alternative to "text-in, text-out" searching. They'll show you a visual preview with every result. We believe the visual display of data along with text is better than text alone.