Traditionally knowledge was linear. Stored on tablets, scrolls or books in an explicitly linear fashion. The writer or writers of the "book" translated something they claimed as knowledge so that ...

Editor’s note: Our friend Alberto Cairo is one of the world’s true experts on data visualization in journalism. He’s got a new book out, The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication (a ...

While data visualization can seem like a modern design focus, it really has its roots in the High Middle Ages when a sudden rise in information and population resulted in the need to convey ideas in ...