links for 2011-03-19

• Florence Nightingale's polar-area diagram of the causes and progression of deaths during the Crimean war http://bit.ly/eCybsT #visualization
  <blockquote><span>In 1858, Nightingale wrote her&nbsp;<em>Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British Army</em>. In it, she created a remarkable and original graphical display to show us just what'd really gone on in the War. It was a&nbsp;<em>Polar-Area Diagram</em>&nbsp;that showed how people had died during the period from July, 1854, through the end of the following year. The graph is a lesson to any engineer in how to present data — not only so that it's clear to any reader, but to reveal the big picture as well.</span></blockquote>
  (tags: visualization war death eooi 1850s russia turkey england hospital medical)
• I've been listening to Engines of Our Ingenuity podcasts this morning and am reminded how wonderful they are. http://www.uh.edu/engines/
  <blockquote>
  The Engines of Our Ingenuity is a radio program that tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. Written and hosted by John Lienhard and other contributors, it is heard nationally on Public Radio and produced by KUHF-FM Houston. Among other features, this web site houses the transcripts for every episode heard since the show's inception in 1988. 
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  (tags: eooi good eclectic engineering literature 1988)

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