The Minard System
The Complete Statistical Graphics of Charles-Joseph Minard
Published on 13. November 2018
180 pages
978-1-61689-787-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and have never before been published in their entirety.
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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.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
- Introduction: The Minard System: A Geography of Flux
- Life and Career
- Drawing and Mapping for Engineering
- Infrastructural Projects and Economic Thinking
- The First Flow Maps
- Statistical Thinking and Empirical Evidence
- The Reception of Minard's Work
- The Impact of Minard's Work
- Minard's Legacy
- Catalog of Statistical Graphics
- Paris Pavement Maintenance
- Major Canals and Railroads in England
- Circulation on Several Railroads
- Circulation of Passengers Between Dijon and Mulhouse
- Commercial Traffic on the Canal du Centre in 1844
- Travelers Passing Through Grenoble Junction
- Circulation of Passengers Between Belgium and Prussia in 1844
- Circulation of Goods Between Belgium and Prussia in 1844
- Circulation of Goods in Belgium in 1834 and 1844
- Series: Transport of Mineral Fuels in France, 1845-1860
- Maritime Ports in France in 1850
- Circulation of Goods on French Waterways in 1850
- Series: Circulation of Goods on French Railroads and Waterways, 1850-1862
- English Coal Exported in 1850
- Circulation of Goods on French Waterways in 1850 and 1853
- Circulation of Cereals on French Waterways and Railroads in 1853
- Quantities of Meat Sent to Paris
- Maritime Ports in France in 1857
- Cargo Tonnage of the Major Ports and Rivers of Europe
- Goods in Transit in France in 1845 and 1847
- Circulation of Wine and Spirits in France in 1857
- Appendices
- Technical Drawings
- Curriculum Vitae
- Notes
- Bibliography
- List of Figures
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- E
- F
- G
- H
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- Z
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
