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Florence Nightingale and how she visualised data
Tim Harford discusses the power of the nurse statistician鈥檚 groundbreaking diagrams with author RJ Andrews
Florence Nightingale became one of the icons of Victorian Britain for her work as a nurse during the Crimean War and the public health improvements she successfully campaigned for later on. Tim Harford discusses how she and her 鈥楴ightingale Circle鈥 used spectacular diagrams to explain health statistics persuasively with RJ Andrews, editor of 鈥淔lorence Nightingale, Mortality and Health Diagrams鈥.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
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