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Tag Archives: infographics
What Time Do We Eat
A big tip of the hat to @loverofgeography for this very helpful and informative map. When I travel I try and adjust meal times to coincide with local eating habits, but I just can’t do the late night dinners in … Continue reading
The Library Evolution
Libraries have always played an important role in my life. One of my happiest memories from childhood is the day that I received my very own library card. For the last two decades, I’ve had the good fortune to live … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, USA
Tagged American Revolution, infographics, public libraries
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Tower of Babel
The infographic below was created by Alberto Lucas Lopez and it manages to condense the 7,102 known living languages today into a visualization, with individual colors representing each world region. Only 23 languages are spoken by at least 50 million … Continue reading
Infographic Visionaries
Regular visitors to TBTP know how I feel about a clever infographic, so you won’t be surprised that I was intrigued by Information Graphic Visionaries. This new book series celebrates historical figures who dramatically changed the way data is organized … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Maps, USA
Tagged Emma Willard, Florence Nightingale, France, infographics
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Literary Infographics
Back in the olden days when I was a student some of my peers would avoid assignments by reading Cliff Notes rather than full books. If you’re not familiar, Cliff Notes were commercially produced summaries of full length books that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Writing
Tagged 1984, Anna Karenina, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Orwell, infographics
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The Circle of Classified Knowledge
Those of you who visit TBTP on a regular basis know that I am excessively fond of infographics of all sorts. I am particularly interested in early examples of the form. This wonderful set of graphics was created for a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged American Library Association, infographics, Nashville Tennessee, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
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Mother Tongues
The National Geographic’s senior graphics editor Alberto Lucas López created this wonderful pie chart to illustrate the proportional representation of the world’s twenty three most spoken languages. López based the graphic on native speakers, with each language marked by black … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Maps, Middle East, South America, USA
Tagged infographics, Languages, Linguistics
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