Cautionary Tales – Florence Nightingale and her Geeks Declare War on Death
Author: Tim Harford; Publisher: Tim Harford (Personal Website); Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, famously used data visualization to communicate the impact of the Sanitary Commission’s work on the medical outcomes of soldiers. Although her thinking about sanitation was largely correct, her choice to use a rose diagram was somewhat unbecoming…