This is just plain cool! It's amazing how intuitive data can be when plotted visually. And as of Tax Day, you can plot your own data on a stripped-down version of this software, thanks to Google, which bought Trendalyzer from Gapminder in 2007. I can hardly wait to try this out for myself. . .
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Is the World a Better Place? Is This a Better Graph?
Category: Biology • Blogosphere • Education • Science
Posted on: April 25, 2008 9:05 AM, by Jessica Palmer
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Fascinating!
Posted by: Optimus Primate | April 25, 2008 10:11 AM
agreed, this is a fantastic presentation!
Posted by: rhett | April 26, 2008 4:53 PM