A Subway Map for the History of Science Infographic Source:
Crispian Jago Add this Infographic to Your Website: Simply copy
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or Static FBML box on Facebook Many infographics have used the
concept of a subway to illustrate their data, and this new entry
from Crispian Jago is a very complex subway style infographic.
The thing that makes most infographics useful, is that they
cleanly and concisely layout the data in a way that is easy to
digest. This infographic (London Underground map) above details
the history of science, and starts in the center during the 16th
century, with pre-modern science figures like Tycho Brahe,
Nicolaus Copernicus, and Galileo Galilei. Then the subway tracks
go into the 17th century and call out scientists like Isaac
Newton, Blaise Pascal, and Daniel Fahrenheit. The 18th century
has famous scientists such as Anders Celsius, Benjamin Franklin,
and Michael Faraday. In the 19th century things really seem to
pick up, as a num