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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford cover image

Florence Nightingale and Her Geeks Declare War on Death

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

Nightingale Roses Are a Type of Pie Chart

In this form, printed tables and all in double columns, I do not think anyone will read it. Remember to whom she sent this earth-shaking diagram? The Queen, Prince Albert, all the Crown Heads in Europe, all the newspapers, reviews and magazines. Good design is not drawing pretty pictures and shoe warning the facts in later. These Nightingale roses are just a type of pie chart and contain all the disadvantages of pie charts. Wow, that's quite a burn. The charts are difficult to read. I would have thought that a stacked bar chart on a time scale would have been a better choice. Good idea. It was an attempt at making her look more powerful by

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