The Resource Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs, written by Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay
Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs, written by Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay
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The item Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs, written by Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs, written by Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "Born in Scotland more than 250 years ago, William Playfair was a dreamer who saw the world differently from other people. Unfortunately, this difference sometimes got in the way of his success. Early on, as he attempted to apply his unique perspective to a series of career opportunities in order to gain riches! fame! glory! he instead suffered one failure after another. Then, while writing a book about economics, Will's innovative vision inspired an idea that would set him apart: he created the first modern line graph. Next came a bar graph and later a pie chart. These infographic inventions provided a way for numbers to be seen as pictures, which made them easier to understand and to remember --- and thus changed the way the world would interact with data forever"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs
- Title
- Lines, bars and circles
- Title remainder
- how William Playfair invented graphs
- Statement of responsibility
- written by Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay
- Subject
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- Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature
- Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods | History -- Juvenile literature
- Mathematics -- Charts, diagrams, etc. | Juvenile literature
- Mathematics -- Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823 -- Juvenile literature
- Graphic methods -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Born in Scotland more than 250 years ago, William Playfair was a dreamer who saw the world differently from other people. Unfortunately, this difference sometimes got in the way of his success. Early on, as he attempted to apply his unique perspective to a series of career opportunities in order to gain riches! fame! glory! he instead suffered one failure after another. Then, while writing a book about economics, Will's innovative vision inspired an idea that would set him apart: he created the first modern line graph. Next came a bar graph and later a pie chart. These infographic inventions provided a way for numbers to be seen as pictures, which made them easier to understand and to remember --- and thus changed the way the world would interact with data forever"--
- Assigning source
- Amazon.com
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Becker, Helaine
- Dewey number
- j001.4/226
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Tremblay, Marie-Eve
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Playfair, William
- Mathematical statistics
- Graphic methods
- Mathematical statistics
- Graphic methods
- Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Picture books
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs, written by Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn946766144
- Dimensions
- 27 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781771385701
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946766144
- Label
- Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs, written by Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn946766144
- Dimensions
- 27 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781771385701
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946766144
Subject
- Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature
- Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods | History -- Juvenile literature
- Mathematics -- Charts, diagrams, etc. | Juvenile literature
- Mathematics -- Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823 -- Juvenile literature
- Graphic methods -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature
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