If you have any interest in information graphics, maps, or history, you know of the seminal flow map of Napoleon's 1812 march into Russia by Charles- Joseph Minard, made famous by Edward Tufte, and considered to be one of the most magnificent data graphics ever produced. The Minard System explores the nineteenth-century civil engineer's career and the story behind this masterpiece of multivariate data, as well as sixty of Minard's other statistical graphics reflecting social and economic changes of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and around the world. These stunning drawings are from the collection of the cole Nationale des Ponts et Chauss es in Paris and have never before been published in their entirety.

Author: Sandra Rendgen
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 11/06/2018
Pages: 176
Weight: 2.8lbs
Size: 12.50h x 9.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781616896331


Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2019

About the Author
Sandra Rendgen is an author and editor with a focus on information graphics, interactive media, and the history of information visualization. Based in Berlin, Germany, she studied art history and cultural theory and is the co-author of Information Graphics and Understanding the World: The Atlas of Infographics.