Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521855543
ISBN-13
9780521855549
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 5th, 2005
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
700 grams
Dimensions
23.80 x 16.20 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Reference worksProbability & statisticsHistory of science
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William Playfair's revolutionary Atlas showed how much could be learned if one plotted data atheoretically and looked for suggestive patterns. This full colour reproduction of two of his classic works, with new explanatory material, makes Playfair's wisdom widely available for the first time in two centuries.
A scientific revolution began at the end of the eighteenth century with the invention and popularization of the graphic display of data by the remarkable Scot, William Playfair. His marvellous Atlas showed how much could be learned if one plotted data atheoretically and looked for suggestive patterns. Those patterns provide evidence, albeit circumstantial, on which to build new science. Playfair''s work has much to teach us, but finding a copy has been almost impossible. Until now. This full colour reproduction of two of his classic works, with new explanatory material, makes Playfair''s wisdom widely available for the first time in two centuries.
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