Datavisualization

Möbius

use the force

Brussels

October 8 2016

don't ab

Maarten Lambrechts?

x(u,v) = (1+\frac{v}{2}\cos \frac{u}{2})\cos u
x(u,v)=(1+v2cosu2)cosux(u,v) = (1+\frac{v}{2}\cos \frac{u}{2})\cos u
y(u,v) = (1+\frac{v}{2}\cos \frac{u}{2})\sin u
y(u,v)=(1+v2cosu2)sinuy(u,v) = (1+\frac{v}{2}\cos \frac{u}{2})\sin u
z(u,v) = \frac{v}{2}\sin \frac{u}{2}
z(u,v)=v2sinu2z(u,v) = \frac{v}{2}\sin \frac{u}{2}
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"As knowledge increases amongst mankind, and transactions multiply, it becomes more and more desirable to abbreviate and facilitate the modes of conveying information from one person to another, and from one individual to the many."

William Playfair, 1786

"Everything that can be expressed in numbers can be represented by lines."

John Playfair

The secret

Preattentive processing



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10 pitfalls

and how to overcome them

1

Don't cut bars

2

Don't cut time

3

Save the pies for desesrt

4

Don't square the pies

5

Label directly

6

Deliberate colors

7

Tell the story

8

Double the axes, double the mischief

And correlation is not causation

9

3D

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Don't, DON't Do it 

Except if you're the New York Times

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