Information Graphics Timeline Of Development
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The document summarizes the history of information graphics and their use in communicating data and ideas over time. It mentions early examples from the 1600s and 1700s, pre-historic cave paintings, Florence Nightingale's influential use of graphs in the 1850s, developments in mathematical and chemical graphing in the 1800s, Isidore Isou's Lettrist manifesto in 1942, Carl Sagan and Frank Drake's interstellar message encoded in the Pioneer plaque launched in 1972, and the rise of infographics on social media sites in the 2000s and 2010s.
Information Graphics Timeline Of Development
- 1. In 1626 Christopher Scheiner published the Rosa Ursinasive Sol which used a variety of graphics to reveal his astronomical research on the sunEarly ExamplesIn 1786, William Playfair published the first data graphs in his book The Commercial and Political Atlas.One of the first maps (e.g. Çatalhöyük dates from around 7500 BC to 5700 BC)Pre-historic times: cave paintingsJames Joseph Sylvester introduced the term "graph" in 1878 and published a set of diagrams showing the relationship between chemical bonds and mathematical properties. These were also the first mathematic graphs.In 1857, English nurse Florence Nightingale used information graphics persuading Queen Victoria to improve conditions in military hospitals1861 saw the release of a seminal information graphic on the subject of Napoleon's disastrous march on Moscow.
- 2. In 1936 Otto Neurath introduced a system of pictographs intended to function as an international visual or picture language.In 1958 Stephen Toulmin proposed a graphical argument model that became influential in argumentation theory and its applications.In 1942 IsidoreIsou published the Lettrist manifesto. ClaimGround (Evidence, Data)WarrantBackingRebuttalQualifierAlso in 1972 the Pioneer Plaque was launched into space with the Pioneer 10 probe. Inscribed into the plaque was an information graphic intended as a kind of interstellarmessage in a bottle, designed by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake. The message is unique in that it is intended to be understood by extraterrestrial beings.2005–Present day. The information graphic trend starts to become popular amongst the larger social media aggregation sites Digg Reddit. The data contained in modern info graphics tends to be research centric and attributed to multiple sources. ?20th Century Examples