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An ability to create graphics in various forms is not the same as an ability to say something important and understandable using graphics. A famous high-quality example is shown in Figure 3.1 by Charles Jospeh Minard, from 1861. This map depicts a shrinking French army in 1812, first invading Russia and then retreating.
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Torbert, S. (2012). Visualization. In: Applied Computer Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1888-7_3
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