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| title = Refrigerator | | title = Refrigerator | ||
| image = refrigerator.png | | image = refrigerator.png | ||
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| titletext = I want this engraved on my tombstone like the Epitaph of Stevinus. | | titletext = I want this engraved on my tombstone like the Epitaph of Stevinus. | ||
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− | + | It's not cool. It's a masterpiece. The diuticflfy was to render a very huge quantity of information on a single graphic.Squares are one of the simplest symbolization that exist and it helps understand scale. Despite the repetitive square figure, he managed to make this graphic not monotone by playing with the squares in different manners: bar graphs, sort of line chart, tree map, even geographic map.Within each category, he managed to arrange sub-graphics by topic. We can compare the costs of a millon category item with a thousand category item and wonder if the difference seems justified, and compare items inside oen, category too: example of domestic animal ownershipThe fractal dimension of the representation makes it really esthetic, profound and easy to read (accessible to everyone). Moreover, as fractals are the basis of nature, it can question the society about the links between nature and economics. It makes it sort of universal. | |
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:'''Middle conveyor belt''': 1 W ^ 5 days ^ 3 days ^ 2 days ^ 1 day ^ | :'''Middle conveyor belt''': 1 W ^ 5 days ^ 3 days ^ 2 days ^ 1 day ^ | ||
:'''Bottom conveyor belt''': 3 M ^ 2 months ^ 1 month ^ 2 weeks ^ | :'''Bottom conveyor belt''': 3 M ^ 2 months ^ 1 month ^ 2 weeks ^ | ||
− | :'''Door conveyor belt''': 3 days ^ 1 week ^ 2 weeks ^ | + | :'''Door conveyor belt''': 3 days ^ 1 week ^ 2 weeks ^ |
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